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The Globe and Mail: ‘The Linux Desktop is a Complete Blast’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 7, 2007

[ Thanks to Tom
Mathews
for this link. ]

JACK KAPICA: Novell has been shifting its image
recently. What markets is the company focussing on?

<<P>”KATIE McAULIFF: A lot of people don’t really know who
we are and what we do today. We’re in five markets–data centre,
desktop, security and identity management, resource management and
workgroups. Novell is firmly behind all these markets.

“The Linux desktop is a complete blast. This market just went to
a million downloads. It’s hot, it’s cool, it’s a lot less
expensive, the kids are loving it…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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