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| DATE | 2004-09-13 |
| FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] Novell sees a 'both-source' future
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Like I said, GNU/Linux has been riding on the coat tails of its own
popularity long enough. Its time to push this thing.
Both Novell and RedHat are stinking this whole thing up, the former with
'both-source' and the latter with 'its not ready for the desktop'.
Open-Source is not a gimmick or a marketing ploy, it can potentially be a
powerful business model. There has to be a GNU/Linux corporation that is
not afraid to blaze its own trail and take leadership in the market place.
Right now all these company's are simply afraid of setting a new and higher
standard. They simply lack the business intestinal fortitude, its that
simple.
Steve M
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 23:23:14 +0100, Inker, Evan wrote
> Hey, it ain't me! I just forwarded the story
>
> Regards,
>
> Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Kosmin [mailto:akosmin-at-nyc.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:34 PM
> To: Inker, Evan
> Cc: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> Subject: Re: [hangout] Novell sees a 'both-source' future
>
> I knew I smelled a rat.
>
> Adam
>
> "
> " Novell sees a 'both-source' future
> "
> " By Andrew Donoghue
> " Special to CNET News.com
> " http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5363243.html
> "
> " Story last modified September 13, 2004, 7:51 AM PDT
> "
> " BARCELONA, Spain--Novell asserts that the future of software
> development " will not be found in the open-source or proprietary
> models, but in one that " combines the best of both worlds--or "both
> source" as the company calls it. " Novell CEO Jack Messman, speaking
> Monday to customers and partners at the " company's annual
> BrainShare Europe conference here, detailed the company's " efforts
> to weave a difficult path between the conflicting agendas of the "
> open-source and proprietary worlds. " " Messman asserts that the
> opposing software development camps must learn to " coexist in a
> symbiotic relationship. "The future is going to be 'both " source'-
> -not open and not proprietary. The industry needs the profits from "
> proprietary software to help fund open-source developments," he
> said. " " The spread of open source beyond the operating system to
> the application " layer--open-source databases, for example--will be
> funded by the need for " sophisticated proprietary applications to
> work on top of that layer, he " said. " " Shortly after Messman
> finished justifying Novell's proprietary heritage, " though, Novell
> European President Richard Seibt said that businesses should " move
> away from a closed approach to their internal software development
> and " adopt open-source methods in order to cut costs and improve
> efficiency. " " Seibt, formerly chief executive of SuSE Linux, said
> that the open-source " development model should no longer be the
> sole domain of traditional " open-source community members but
> should be embraced by mainstream " businesses. " " "There needs to
> be a change in culture when it comes to the mindset of " developers.
> We think that open source is something that needs to take hold " and
> something that enterprises should engage with. In an open-source "
> development model, you not only reduce your risk, you reduce your
> cost," " Seibt said. " " Seibt acknowledged that there could be
> "regulatory implications" for " companies looking to open-source
> applications they have developed in-house " on top of a proprietary
> application, but he added that Novell is working " with the rest of
> the industry to overcome this kind of legal hurdle. " " Novell has
> traditionally been viewed as a proprietary software company in a "
> similar mold as rival Microsoft. But following the acquisitions of "
> open-source tools company Ximian and SuSE Linux over the last 12
> months, the " company has been working hard to reconcile an open-
> source philosophy with " its proprietary past. " " "We are a company
> that is in transition, and we are about halfway through " that
> transition," said Messman. " " Novell's balancing act is exemplified
> by its efforts to align its NetWare " network operating system
> software with its SuSE Linux server products. " " The company has
> been keen to reassure legacy NetWare customers that it is " not
> abandoning the platform in its enthusiasm for everything open "
> source--despite the dwindling demand for new NetWare licenses.
> Microsoft's " dominance of the network operating market has forced
> NetWare into a niche " from which most experts predict it will never
> escape. " " Novell is hoping to keep NetWare alive with the
> introduction of Novell Open " Enterprise Server, which includes the
> legacy networking platform and SuSE " Linux Enterprise Server 9. The
> company hasn't provided a firm shipping date " for Open Enterprise
> Server but announced on Monday that the product will " move from
> closed beta testing to open beta testing in early November. " "
> Novell said it had record attendance at BrainShare Europe this year
> with " 2,300 international attendees at the show, which started
> Sunday and runs " through Thursday. " " Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK
> reported from Barcelona. " " " "
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