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| DATE | 2004-09-13 |
| FROM | From: "Inker, Evan"
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| SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] Novell sees a 'both-source' future
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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
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" 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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