To boldly go
- Article 15 of 16
- LinuxUser & Developer, August 2006
Rob Buckley reports on Novell’s recent ‘Enterprise Day’ in London
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While talking about being more than just a technology company, Novell spent most of the day talking about technology. While trying to be an enterprise company, it devoted chunks of the day to the consumer-facilities of its desktop. When showing what great industry alliances it has that will serve the enterprise’s every need, it brought on two partners who barely mentioned the company or explained how they and Novell were truly working together. It speaks volumes that ironically, while this Enterprise Day was well underway, Novell’s board fired its CEO, Jack Messman, the architect of this new enterprise strategy.
Linux will be penetrating even further into the enterprise in future, and Novell’s impressive technology will certainly be taking it there. But at what speed, in what areas and, given the nature of open source, under the aegis of which companies, is very much up to Novell. At the moment, Novell’s still lacking the confidence and direction to push open source hard, preferring instead to help bridge the gap between closed and open source – for the next 15-20 years. If it’s not careful, the enterprise could be stolen away from it again.
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