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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Member since:2006-11-08
Well I am not critcizing you but that is your issue if you cannot find the benefit however as for me I see that there are tons of reasons
1. More applications are available for SUSE than Netware
2. The ability to customize Linux is more than Netware, while still having a enterprise directory system to manage your resources.
3. You talk about support however compared to MS support Novell's is penny's on the dollars. Yes you can say redhat is cheaper however Redhat does not offer the type of Apps that Novell offers with the capabilities that Novell offers on their platform. ( identity Manager, edirectory, zenworks)
The benefit is that you can now have Novelkl services on a os platfor that you can develope for. As for your Novell reps I will go on record and say that Novell reps have not been well informed on the benefits of Linux in general and are short sighted on the move
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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.