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- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s VolkswagenSuSE is the best distro going.Especially if your a Windows person looking for a place to start in Open Source. YAST is the very best configuration interface in the Linux world today. No other distro has anything close.If you want to make the...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen
- 2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Mono project releases first IDE, Mono 2.0 into beta
- Novell’s Mono project has delivered its first Integrated Development Environment IDE for Mono as well as a beta version of the next Mono platform. MonoDevelop 1.0, with support for Microsoft’s .NET Framework 1.0, is an open source IDE for Linux developers building GNOME and ASP.NET applications....
- Blog posts 2008-03-16
- de Icaza: .NET source code release a non-event for open source world
- Microsoft's release of .NET classes under its shared source license will not benefit the Mono project or any other open source project, maintains Miguel de Icaza, Novell's vice president of engineering. In an e-mail exchange, de Icaza, co-founder of the GNOME desktop, Ximian and the Mono...
- Blog posts 2007-10-05
- Developer hearts and minds
- Developer hearts and mindsIdeologically Constrained...It's perfectly understandable with you being an empolyee of Microsoft that you are not capable of seeing this objectively.If people choose to use Windows I say go for it. However when I see what amounts to a huge potential threat to Linux/FOSS as it curently exists...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-06
- Where Messman failed at Novell
- Where Messman failed at NovellTime will tell the taleNot all of Novell's problems can be thrown at Nessman's feet.Really, Novell acquired a 'gem' in the form of SUSE Linux in late 2003, so the move to put SUSE as the strategic technology centerpiece in place has been no small undertaking....
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- GNOME sliding Linux onto business desktops
- GNOME sliding Linux onto business desktopsHere's how stupid I am...I can't get excited about either one to the extent that Linus does. The worst I might be able to say is that Gnome is the product of "Interface Soccer Moms.""Nazi" is right out.I've used a little KDE, used a little...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-21
- You've heard of the 'aha' moment? How about Microsoft and IBM's 'uh oh' moment?
- When I think of Microsoft's grip on the desktop market -- the one that's been so hard to break -- two products come to mind neither of which is Windows. The first is Microsoft Office. Even though there's a version of Microsoft Office for the Mac, the demand...
- Blog posts 2006-01-30
- SuSE and Novell: Personality friction or culture war?
- SuSE and Novell: Personality friction or culture war?Blatant piece of FUDI can see the potential for some real fallout over the KDE vs. Gnome issue, but that last paragraph is pure FUD. The author doesn't even know who Novell is planning to tap to replace Mantel...maybe they will bring...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-10
- The biggest mystery in the history of Linux
- The biggest mystery in the history of LinuxSomehting happened in DP that wasn'tBill Gates' fault. C'mon, you made that up.What I know`A few years ago, I was in charge of developing a Linux server load for Company "F". The company had chosen IBM as its primary IT vendor, and...
- Discussion threads 2005-06-08
- What is your favorite desktop Linux application?
- What is your favorite desktop Linux application?CadenceIn particular, the ICFB (integrated circuit front-to-back) design suite with Analog Workbench. Spend a good third of my time with it some weeks.Oh, not just another commercial *nix tech tool?Necessarily, then, it has to be [u]OpenOffice.org[/u] because I use [b]it[/b] to write the...
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
- Threats to Linux penetration center on open source processes
- Threats to Linux penetration center on open source processesI fail to see how this differs from regular paid software.Multiple distros... different versions of an operating system, as long as you stick to a distro, there is hardly a problem.I can debate the TCO all day, so I'll skip that.I'm at...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-13
- What is in a name for SuSE?
- What is in a name for SuSE?I wouldmarket products as Novell in the US and SuSE in Europe - to get the most bang for the buck. Brand management - what a concept!I dont understand the point is here...I use SuSE daily,, I love it.. Why would it matter what...
- Discussion threads 2005-04-01
- Novell's Linux makeover
- Novell's Linux makeoverThey need to dump the SUSE name and the uuuugly colors.And focus on Gnome for the US market. They should of course continue to sell SUSE Linux with KDE in Europe.Also, they could dump YAST, and the stupid name, and nobody would mind. I repeat NOBODY.Imagine if all...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-16
- Is Novell's Groupwise on death row?
- Is Novell's Groupwise on death row?Yes..Novell's directionWhy would this be a concern?Given Novell's current direction, the only reason they would have to [b]not[/b] open-source GroupWise is its value as a continuing revenue stream. If they ever want to discontinue it as a proprietary product, they can simply set it...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-28
- Evolution coming to Windows
- Evolution coming to WindowsDid you mean what you wrote?[i]Take away the dependence on Outlook, and you've reduced the level of resistance to moving users to Windows.[/i]How does anyone become dependent on Outlook [u]before[/u] moving to MSWindows? (I presume you don't mean X)Last piece of the puzzle for business desktopsFor...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-24
- Solaris and Novell desktop management: Still in catch-up mode
- Solaris and Novell desktop management: Still in catch-up modeDesktop Management - Last Bastion of Proprietary StandardsDavid,I don't know how big the 'IT Department' market is for *nix workstation management - but I would guess it isn't huge?Where is Sun's and Novell's incentive to build a better mousetrap?The answer might be...
- Discussion threads 2004-12-16
- Novell Linux update service to go "live" in a couple of days
- For a column that I'm working on regarding desktop Linux, I just got some interesting details on the recently announced Novell Linux Desktop NLD that I thought I'd share. NLD is a $50 soup-to-nuts desktop offering that includes the operating sytem and a bunch of productivity and communications applications --...
- Blog posts 2004-11-12
- JDS for Windows (says Schwartz)? Not quite.
- In his most recent treatise (and it is long, so you'll want print it out), Sun COO/president Jonathan Schwartz says "Yes, we are committed to JDS/Windows." JDS is the acronym for Sun's Java Desktop System -- a soup to nuts operating system to productivity/communications applications desktop solution that, for $50 per year,...
- Blog posts 2004-11-10
- Novell rejoins desktop fight, with Linux as ally
- Joe Brockmeier is optimistic about Novell's chances of getting traction with its Linux desktop software package versus its competitors: Sun's so-called Java Desktop was somewhat underwhelming when I reviewed it, and Sun's on-again, off-again commitment to Linux makes the company an unlikely champion for Linux in the enterprise. Though Red Hat...
- Blog posts 2004-11-08
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