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Novell delivers SUSE appliance kit

Novell delivers SUSE appliance kitI don't know Dana. Why am I not excited by this news?ntRE: Novell delivers SUSE appliance kitIt's Nat Friedman, not Nat Freeman. And what's up with the inline CSS markup?"Nat Freeman"It's actually Nat Friedman, not Nat Freeman. :)How does this differ from JumpBox?Huge Novell fan,...

Tags: appliance kit, Novell Inc., SuSE, Nat Friedman

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

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Novell takes MS money, then stabs 'em in the back

In the "turnabout is fair play" department, Novell announced today that it's partnering with the Electronic Frontier Foundation the people that brought you GPL in their effort to reform software patents worldwide. Novell will help the EFF with lobbying efforts, and contribute "significant resources" to EFF's Patent Busting project. Nat...

Tags: Commercial, Community, General, Licenses, Linux, Microsoft, Patents, Programming

Blog posts 2007-05-23

Will the last top developer out of Novell please turn off the lights?

Will the last top developer out of Novell please turn off the lights?Gee Novell Froze Over Hell and No Credit?It is time to start analyzing what is going correctly in our industry rather than focusing on the negative. Novell's impact on Hell - its freezing of the Microsoft Way -...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-05-07

Jeremy Allison quits Novell in protest of Microsoft-Novell pact

Microsoft and Novell are continuing to do their darndest to paint their alliance, announced in November, as good for customers and the community. Yet the backlash isnt going away. The latest case in point: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has resigned from Novell, citing the Microsoft-Novell pact as the reason...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jeremy Allison

Blog posts 2006-12-21

Evolution coming to Windows

One thing that can be said for the open source community, that can't really be said for Microsoft, is that we play well with others. If Windows users won't come to us, we'll go to them. Case in point, Nat Friedman notes in his blog that Novell has hired Tor...

Tags: Evolution, Novell Inc.

Blog posts 2005-01-24

Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

Red Hat will release a new version of its software for corporate desktops, while Sun will use Linux on its own desktop PCs as part of a plan to cut real estate costs. SAN FRANCISCO--Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop...

Tags: Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Desktop Linux, McNealy, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Stephen Shankland

News items 2002-08-14

Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

News:Red Hat's Matthew Szulik announced the company will release a new version of its distribution for corporate desktops similar to its high-end server version. And Scott McNealy says Sun will use Linux on the company's desktop computers cut real SAN FRANCISCO--Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to...

Tags: Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Scott McNealy, Server, Desktop Linux, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Stephen Shankland

News items 2002-08-14

Ximian mines for gold in Linux desktops

The Linux company debuts its first shrink-wrapped products--Ximian Desktop and a version of Sun's Star Office--and launches a for-fee software download service to bring in revenue. Ximian, a company trying to benefit from the use of Linux on desktop computers, on Monday launched its first...

Tags: Linux Desktop, Ximian, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Stephen Shankland

News items 2001-08-27

Helix Code, Eazel the revelations of LinuxWorld

Commercial companies take root in soil tilled by GNOME Project. This year's LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose carried GNU/Linux a little further away from its free software origins and a little more into the commercial mainstream. Excused from speaking duties were the usual voices of the...

Tags: GNOME, Helix Code, Eazel, Icaza, Helix GNOME, Nautilus, Helix Update, Tribble, Evolution, Open Source, Henry Kingman

News items 2000-08-22

Can GNOME build a better desktop?

Open-source project leader thinks so -- he demos new code for a system he hopes 'my grandmother could use.' If Linux's developers have yet to see widespread consumer take-up for their work, it's not for lack of ambition. Miguel de Icaza, leader of the...

Tags: Desktop, GNOME, KDE, Icaza, Bonobo, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Orlowski, Technology News

News items 1999-08-13