Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:16 UTC, submitted by Tata Oranta
Novell's controversial pact with Microsoft reflects the desire of the number two Linux seller to position itself as a mixed-source company. Speaking to ZDNet Asia last week, Maarten Koster, the newly-appointed president of Novell Asia-Pacific, noted that the company positions itself in the market differently from its rivals. "You've got Red Hat as a pure open source company, and you've got Microsoft as a [commercial] license-based company," Koster said. "The reality is, most Novell customers run a mixed-source IT environment."
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2006-06-08
Why should we use Novell SUSE?
Where is the value?
The support cost more than the other players.
What is OES? it cost more that it needs to.
Novell lost it's way a long time ago and it does not seem they will ever come back.
We use Novell Netware right now, full Novell shop but as time passes we ask our self those questions and is yet to find an answer. Not even our 3 Novell sales reps can answer us.