[TriLUG] Novell Acquires Ximian

[Ryan Leathers]

I disagree C. Magnus

While Novell has groped about with sundry products over the last decade
the center piece has always been directory services.  Mail has also been
a key offering, but has captured a small share of the market.  It seems
to me that a strong play for the mail services market on Linux is a
natural fit and a great way to draw more attention to the real star -
directory services.  Not a change of focus at all.


On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:53, Magnus wrote:
> On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 01:21  PM, Jon Carnes wrote:
> 
> > Dude! That is sooo cool. The Ximian guys are going to have steady 
> > income
> > now, and the next iteration of Netware (version 7) is going to be even
> > cooler.
> 
> Or, on the flip side, this could go as well as all the other cool 
> things that Novell acquired (in the "Have you seen me lately?" file).  
> Or maybe it means the Ximian Desktop will finally run on DR-DOS.
> 
> It seems like a really BAD fit for Novell, to me, unless Novell is 
> looking to drastically change their focus.
> 
> --
> 
> C. Magnus Hedemark
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Ryan Leathers <ryan.leathers at globalknowledge.com>
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