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| DATE | 2004-10-14 |
| FROM | From: "P.Robert Marino"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Novell to launch Linux distribution
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based on the description it sounds like they made an upgrade to SuSE
Enterprise Desktop, added the ximian stuf, and renamed it.
On Oct 13, 2004 03:52 PM, "Inker, Evan" wrote:
> Novell to launch Linux distribution
> By Sam Varghese
> October 13, 2004
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/13/1097607267988.html?oneclick=tru
> e
>
> > ue> #
> Novell will launch its own Linux distribution, aimed at the
> enterprise,
> before the end of the year, the company's solutions manager for the
> Asia-Pacific, Paul Kangro said yesterday.
>
> Kangro demonstrated the features of the forthcoming distribution,
> which will
> be named Novell Linux Desktop, during a roadshow organised in
> Melbourne
> yesterday.
>
> The roadshows, which have been held in several Asian countries before
> coming
> to Australia and New Zealand, are aimed at pushing Novell's desktop
> and
> server Linux offerings to the enterprise.
>
> The Novell Linux Desktop is based on SUSE Linux which Novell acquired
> last
> year.
>
> But the enthusiast market is still very much a part of Novell's plans
> and
> the company plans to continue issuing new versions of SUSE Linux
> Professional, the vice-president and general manager of SUSE Linux,
> Markus
> Rex said.
>
> He said SUSE had gained its name and popularity because of enthusiasts
> and
> the company would not forget this section of its users.
>
> Novell also acquired Linux desktop and server software maker maker
> Ximian
> during the last 12 months and Rex said this would help the company
> provide a
> nicely customised version of the GNOME Desktop in its forthcoming SUSE
> release.
>
> He said it was true that SUSE had thus leant towards KDE but this was
> because it had a number of employees from this project on its staff
> and thus
> it was easy to customise this desktop environment for its
> distribution.
>
> Several GNOME developers were employees of Ximian and their input
> would now
> be used to provide a customised GNOME. "We are now a global
> distribution
> after becoming part of Novell. Thus we have to do both desktops and do
> them
> both well," he said.
>
> Kangro used a laptop on which he had loaded Microsoft applications as
> well,
> using the version of WINE sold under the name Crossover Office. He
> also had
> OpenOffice.org loaded and demonstrated how files could be easily
> handled
> using the free suite.
>
> "Sure, there's a migration cost when one moves from that other system
> (Windows) to Linux," Kangro said. "But businesses should also realise
> that
> there's a cost when they don't migrate."
>
> To illustrate his point, he mentioned a conversation he had had with
> an
> Indian government official in New Delhi during the roadshow there.
> "This
> official told me that his government's interest in Linux stemmed from
> the
> fact that they did not want to store government data in file formats
> which
> were controlled by a single company," Kangro said. "His point was:
> 'Why
> should I have to acquire software from some outside company in order
> to see
> my own data?'."
>
> Both Kangro and Novell's Asic Pacific president Rhonda O'Donnell said
> the
> interest from enterprise IT managers was more than what they had
> expected.
> They had expected a small turnout for the roadshow in Canberra as it
> was
> held on the Monday after the federal elections but 230 people had
> turned up;
> the Melbourne event was packed.
>
> Kangro said businesses were becoming more and more aware of IP issues
> and
> realising that adopting open standards for file and data storage were
> the
> only option which would ensure that they were not locked out of their
> own
> data.
>
> "You have to realise that you're talking about a company (Microsoft)
> which
> often makes it impossible for files from one version of a product to
> be read
> by previous versions of the same product - file formats change from
> version
> to version," he said.
>
> The roadshow moves to Sydney today and winds up in Auckland later this
> week.
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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