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From Novells' perspective this makes a great deal of sense. Historically, they've always had the ability to produce technically sound solutions, yet suffering from an inability to market themselves out of the 'box'. MS, by contrast, have gained credibility in the server market through inheriting server seats through their desktop presence.

I'm not here to rant about MS tho... as much as we're led to believe, this is not a TCO or practicality usability-type issue. I'd be VERY surprised if Novell, having had their fingers burnt in the past on the desktop front, if they start selling SuSE per se. Their meat and drink is in the NOS products they provide. They've just captured a significant audience in Europe and potentially the US on the desktop front by putting their marker out with a big Linux distro... their money still lies in products such as e-Directory, ZENWorks and DirXML.

Cheers,
Mylo
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So is SCO going to sue Novell?  ghetyei | 11/04/03
So what does Novell know?  George Mitchell | 11/04/03
You are missing something...  Dave P. | 11/04/03
Not So  stephensp | 11/04/03
Novell did a Linux deal with MS in 94  Nigel Johnstone | 11/04/03
Uh, No.  Dave P. | 11/04/03
No it was definitely Linux  Nigel Johnstone | 11/05/03
I think it was Corel, not Novell.  gath | 11/05/03
Check for refs to Ray Noorda/Caldera/Novell  mgfitch@... | 11/05/03
Hypothesis  jfalknor | 11/07/03
If Novell is all Linux, will Celerant...  mlindl | 11/04/03
Go Tux Go !!! . . . . And say goodbye to SCO  Plain Logic | 11/04/03
Brought to us by Dr. Seuss! :o)  Damon K | 11/04/03
My theory  Michael Kelly | 11/04/03
Good Theory  Harry Bardal | 11/04/03
.NET? Where?  IT_User | 11/05/03
Novell is ridiculously overpriced!  NT Admin | 11/05/03
You are absolutely correct.  Michael Kelly | 11/05/03
Since when?  Dave P. | 11/05/03
interesting!  blahblahblah | 11/05/03
And you would be wrong...  Dave P. | 11/05/03
But I am not  NT Admin | 11/05/03
The author is confused.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/05/03
Try again...  mylo@... | 11/05/03
lol  blahblahblah | 11/05/03
That's a mighty big axe you're grinding  TtfnJohn | 11/11/03

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