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| DATE | 2003-08-04 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Novell Acquires Ximian
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Wow
No this is serious news
Ruben
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 03:06:08PM +0100, Inker, Evan wrote:
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> PR: Novell Acquires Ximian
> Aug 4, 2003, 13 :30 UTC (4 Talkback[s] <> ) (628 reads)
>
> Novell, Inc., today announced it has acquired privately held Ximian of
> Boston, Mass. This acquisition expands Novell's capacity to provide flexible
> information solutions to customers worldwide.
>
> The acquisition of Ximian expands Novell's ability to support Linux
> solutions as the company adds best-of-breed Linux desktop, groupware and
> management technologies, and welcomes several of the open source community's
> leading visionaries to the Novell(r) team and a strong core of Linux
> developers into the Novell fold.
>
> Novell gains, and will carry forward, two key Linux market initiatives
> through Ximian that reinforce Novell's commitment to the open source
> community: GNOME, a project to provide a full-featured Linux desktop, and
> Mono, designed to allow applications developed using Microsoft .NET to run
> on Linux, UNIX, Windows and other platforms. The combination of Novell's
> network and infrastructure services with Ximian's Linux solutions provides
> compelling new value to customers leveraging the power of open source
> technologies.
>
> "Linux is the fastest-growing platform in the market today because it helps
> customers meet challenges effectively, both from a cost and a performance
> perspective," said Jack Messman, chairman and CEO of Novell. "But customers
> still face two key business issues: how to provide cost-effective management
> and maintenance of Linux systems, and how to deploy and support low-cost
> Linux desktops within the organization. Novell now delivers market-leading
> solutions for both. Just as important, Ximian brings Novell unparalleled
> Linux expertise, helping us not only deliver more value to customers, but
> also strengthening our ability to work with and leverage open source
> initiatives more constructively."
>
> "Together, Novell and Ximian offer tremendous benefits for customers," said
> David Patrick, president and CEO of Ximian, now general manager of what will
> be called the Novell Ximian Services business unit at Novell. "Our
> breakthrough management and desktop products strongly complement Novell
> applications on Linux and Novell Nterprise Linux Services. The global Novell
> channel, partnerships with industry leaders and proven customer support will
> benefit customers. Novell as an enterprise company is the ideal choice for
> us to drive growth for the Linux market as a whole."
>
> Ximian, a market-leading Linux company founded in 1999, has over a million
> users worldwi
> de of its desktop and management products aimed at lowering the total cost
> of Linux ownership for enterprise customers. Ximian Red Carpet is the de
> facto standard for software updating across leading Linux distributions. Red
> Carpet Enterprise software provides enterprise customers with centralized
> software management of Linux servers and desktops. Over time, Red Carpet
> Enterprise will be tightly integrated into the Novell ZENworks product line,
> leveraging Novell directory services and policies management functionality.
> Ximian Desktop 2 (XD2) is a complete Linux desktop environment and a tightly
> integrated suite of Linux desktop applications that delivers robust support
> for Windows file formats, networks and standards. Ximian Evolution software
> seamlessly integrates e-mail, calendaring, contact management and task lists
> in one easy-to-use application that connects to popular corporate
> communications architectures like Microsoft Exchange, Sun ONE and, soon,
> Novell GroupWise via client-side Ximian Connector extensions. These
> solutions, supporting Red Hat, SuSE and other leading Linux distributions,
> make Ximian software a strong choice for organizations using Linux desktops
> within a mixed Windows/Linux computing environment.
>
> "This acquisition allows us to pursue our shared goal, and that is to reduce
> the barriers to Linux adoption in the enterprise. This combination can do
> just that, and make Novell the number one Linux solutions company in the
> process," said Nat Friedman, Ximian co-founder and senior vice president,
> now vice president of research and development in the Novell Ximian Services
> business unit at Novell. "We're extremely excited to join with Novell to
> pursue a shared vision of leadership in a full range of integrated Linux
> desktop and server software for the enterprise, backed by world-class
> management tools, support and services. We also believe that Novell's
> commitment and resources can help further energize a very dynamic open
> source development community."
>
> Ximian plays an important leadership role in the broader open source
> community and helps drive several key open source projects. Ximian's
> founders Miguel de Icaza and Nat Friedman, well-known open source
> visionaries, helped found the GNOME and Mono projects, both initiatives they
> will continue to lead at Novell.
>
> The GNOME project, initiated by de Icaza in 1997 and involving hundreds of
> developers globally, is creating a full-featured open source desktop,
> including a set of development tools; file, desktop management and help
> systems; and a set of applications, including spreadsheets, word processors,
> Web browsers, image editors and music players. The GNOME Foundation, which
> includes Friedman, de Icaza and other Ximian employees on its board, boasts
> IBM, HP, Sun and Red Hat among its members.
>
> The Mono project is an open source effort led by Ximian to provide
> developers with open source tools for building cross-platform Microsoft .NET
> applications that can run on Linux, UNIX, and other support platforms. More
> than 150 developers worldwide contribute to Mono, including a range of
> companies building commercial products using Mono technology.
> De Icaza, CTO of Ximian and now chief technology officer for the Novell
> Ximian Services business unit of Novell, said, "It's a huge step forward for
> the open source community to gain strong support from a company like Novell.
> Initiatives like GNOME and Mono will only improve with Novell's resources
> behind them. Novell has already made a strong commitment to open source with
> its recent decision to put the full range of its network services on Linux
> and its inclusion of MySQL, Apache and other open source technologies in
> NetWare. Ximian's leadership within the open source community along with
> Novell's strength and reputation in the enterprise market are a powerful
> combination that will help move GNOME and Mono forward."
>
> The acquisition of Ximian was an all-cash transaction and is not expected to
> have a material effect on Novell's financial statements in the current
> fiscal year. No further details as to the specific terms of the transaction
> are being disclosed.
>
> http://linuxtoday.com/it_management/2003080402026NWBZ
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