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| DATE | 2004-09-13 |
| FROM | Adam Kosmin
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Novell sees a 'both-source' future
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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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