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ZDNet UK: Novell: The Future is ‘Both-Source’

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 13, 2004

“Novell has claimed the future of software development is not to
be found in either the open-source or proprietary models but one
that combines the best of both worlds–‘both source.’

“Speaking to the audience of customers and partners on Monday at
the company’s annual BrainShare user conference in Barcelona,
Novell chairman and chief executive Jack Messman laid out a vision
of a company attempting to weave a difficult path between the
conflicting agendas of the open-source and proprietary worlds to
bring customers ‘choice and flexibility…'”


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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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