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Today, Bill Gates should take the stand in a suit that Novell has filled against Microsoft in the court of law back in 2004. The suit claims that Microsoft has been applying anti-competitive tactics that hurt two products from Novell, namely WordPerfect and Quattro Pro. The pair was supposed to make it to computers ... |
21 November 2011
12:39 GMT |
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Recently, Novell announced the launch of Mono for Android, a tool that enables the development of Microsoft .NET applications for Google's mobile platform using Microsoft Visual Studio.The addition of Mono for Android to Novell's existing Mono development tools offers Microsoft .NET and C# developers who u... |
7 April 2011
13:01 GMT |
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We are proud to announce that openSUSE 11.4 was made available for download a few minutes ago, and it is our pleasure to offer you a quick look at the new features included in the brand-new and shiny openSUSE 11.4 Linux-based operating system. After more than eight months of hard work, openSUSE 11.4 can now be downl... |
10 March 2011
09:36 GMT |
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Novell has announced that it has added another partner to the already large list of big names in its SUSE Appliance Program. Dell is now part of the program and the hardware manufacturer will now offer solutions for businesses based on tools like SUSE Studio, powered by Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise. "We have t... |
25 January 2011
19:01 GMT |
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With Novell managing to shell itself to Attachmate for $2.2 billion, or $6.10 per share in a cash transaction, the Linux vendor also penned a deal with CPTN Holdings LLC, a consortium that has Microsoft behind it, for a chunk of its intellectual property. There are a lot of questions related to the patent deal betwe... |
25 November 2010
06:25 GMT |
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Attachmate just announced that it would buy Novell for $2.2 billion, or $6.10 per share in a cash transaction, but the fact is that the real news might be in a considerable smaller deal that the Linux vendor inked today. The second agreement announced is with CPTN Holdings LLC, with Novell accepting to sell off some... |
22 November 2010
10:53 GMT |
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Novell, the company behind the popular SUSE Enterprise Linux distro, hasn't been having a great run lately. The latest rumor is that the company is trying to sell off its Linux business, one of the most serious bidders being VMware.According to the Wall Street Journal, Novell has been in talks with several compa... |
17 September 2010
09:24 GMT |
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The second release candidate of the upcoming openSUSE 11.3 operating system was announced on July 1st by Bryen Yunashko. This is also the last development release, and every openSUSE user should get it and test it, in order to report existing bugs (if any). Just like the first RC, openSUSE 11.3 RC2 comes with a very ... |
2 July 2010
05:07 GMT |
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The number of companies that are moving to take advantage of the Windows and Linux interoperability deal inked by Microsoft and Novell back in 2006 continues to grow, with the duo pointing out that customers are attracted to the benefits catalyzed by their collaboration. Two recent studies from Forrester Consulting a... |
24 June 2010
05:51 GMT |
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At the end of 2006, Microsoft and Novell announced a historic agreement designed to bridge Windows and Linux in terms of interoperability. Over three years and 500 customers later, the two companies are working together to bring customers into the Cloud, promising a range of benefits that come with the move away from... |
26 May 2010
11:59 GMT |
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The openSUSE development team, through James Mason, announced last evening (April 14th) the immediate availability for testing of the openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 operating system. In this new development version, we can find lots and lots of overall improvements, bug fixes and updates to various applications, such as X... |
14 April 2010
04:08 GMT |
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The Linux world can breathe a collective sigh of relief, as a US federal jury has finally ruled on the long-running legal battle between Novell and SCO over the rights of the Unix operating system. The jury found that the rights belonged to Novell, meaning that SCO's threats of going after Linux vendors for alle... |
31 March 2010
11:03 GMT |
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Enterprise software giant Novell has put a date on the release of the first service pack for its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SLES). The first major update since its launch a year ago doesn't bring any big new features and focuses on bug fixes and stability. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 is ... |
30 March 2010
21:31 GMT |
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Novell has announced that it has declined a takeover bid from New York-based hedge fund Elliott Associates L.P. saying that the bid "undervalued" the company. The open-source software maker says it is looking at other alternatives to "enhance stockholder value" including looking for other potential buyers. Elliott A... |
22 March 2010
10:21 GMT |
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First was Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), followed by Mandriva Linux 2010.0, and now it's time for openSUSE to take the spotlight. In other words, we are proud to announce that openSUSE 11.2 was just released a few minutes ago, and it is our pleasure to offer you a first look at the new features included in the bra... |
12 November 2009
09:31 GMT |
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Back in 2006, when it inked a strategic interoperability and intellectual property assurance agreement with Novell, Microsoft also tapped the other top Linux vendor worldwide, Red Hat, for a similar alliance. Red Hat might have said “no” to the IP assurance marriage proposal from the Redmond company, but ... |
12 November 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Google Wave may not be winning over the regular users, but it looks like it might have better luck in the enterprise sector. Novell, a software company specializing in enterprise products and maker of the popular SUSE Linux distribution, has just announced a brand-new, real-time collaboration tool dubbed Novell Pulse... |
5 November 2009
06:48 GMT |
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While openSUSE 11.2 has been in development for quite a while now, today the developer team has made available the first release candidate of this operating system, as it nears its November 12 due date. In it you will find the Linux kernel version 2.6.31.3, GNOME 2.28 and PulseAudio 0.9.19 and Qt 4.5.3, to name just ... |
15 October 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Back in 2007 Judge Dale Kimball of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah found that the copyright to UNIX and UnixWare was owned by Novell and with that decision stopped SCO from further litigating against other Linux users, which spelled the end to SCO's ongoing one billion dollar lawsuit against IBM... |
25 August 2009
09:15 GMT |
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The Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab was inaugurated in September 2007 in a joint effort from the two companies to build interoperability between their respective platforms. At that time, the lab could also be considered the celebration of the first year since Microsoft and Novell inked their interoperabilit... |
12 June 2009
08:04 GMT |
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The weak economy provides plenty of new customers for Microsoft and Novell, the Redmond company revealed, as it provided an insight into its successful partnership with the Linux vendor. In fact, Microsoft pointed to the global financial crisis as the specific reason why customers were crowding to offerings that came... |
11 June 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Setting the stage for the upcoming Moorestown platform and a new wave of Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), Santa Clara, California-based Intel has recently announced a collaboration with Novell. According to the chip maker, the fresh partnership is meant to accelerate the adoption of Moblin, a Linux-based software plat... |
8 May 2009
10:58 GMT |
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Novell announced today the release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, an operating system created for modern data centers. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 brings many new major improvements to both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. Two new extensions were added to improve productivity and reliability... |
24 March 2009
11:33 GMT |
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The global recession will drive the adoption of the Linux open source operating system to the detriment of Windows, an IDC study commissioned by Novell reveals. The worldwide economic downturn is nothing short of fertile soil for Linux, with IDC predicting that the platform has the potential to gain a critical footho... |
17 March 2009
12:30 GMT |
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Silverlight can now truly live up to Microsoft's vision of delivering a cross-browser, cross-platform solution designed to power rich applications and high-quality, interactive videos, with the arrival of Moonlight 1.0. Moonlight is an open-source implementation of Silverlight for the Linux operating system, whi... |
12 February 2009
10:19 GMT |
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Novell announced yesterday that its SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client would come preloaded in Dell's new thin-client device, the OptiPlex FX160, introduced in October 2008. This new thin client solution will enable customers to simplify their whole IT infrastructure and, at the same time, significantly reduce co... |
3 February 2009
12:21 GMT |
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Back in 2006, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian, president and CEO of Novell, inked a five-year Windows and Linux interoperability and intellectual property assurance agreement, designed to provide increased support for customers running heterogeneous IT infrastructures. On November 18, 2008, Microsoft in... |
19 November 2008
14:01 GMT |
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Microsoft has already taken Silverlight to version 2, but only for Windows and Mac OS X platforms. When it comes to the Linux operating system, Silverlight compatibility is not Microsoft’s responsibility, as the project was adopted by Novell. And, while on Windows and Mac OS Silverlight is at version 2, with v3... |
19 November 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Novell and Wyse Technologies, one of the most important thin computing providers, announced a couple of days ago their partnership to deliver Wyse Enhanced SUSE Linux Enterprise, the newest Linux OS specially designed for thin computing. This represents a very opportune mix between, on one side, SUSE Linux Enterprise... |
18 September 2008
11:04 GMT |
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Microsoft continues to bridge its proprietary Windows operating system with the open source Linux platform, simultaneously advancing its collaboration with Novell. The two companies announced that they would deliver a joint virtualization solution tailored to customers running heterogeneous environments. In this rega... |
11 September 2008
07:25 GMT |
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Microsoft announced that it was kicking up a notch its initial investment into Linux dating back to 2006, by pouring no less than $100 million into the open source operating system via Novell. According to the Redmond company, the $100 million will be spent on acquiring support certificates for Novell SUSE Linux Ente... |
20 August 2008
08:03 GMT |
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Yesterday, Novell announced that its product, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2), was available with a lot of new features and enhancements in terms of hardware enablement, interoperability, virtualization and more. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 is the only virtualization solution that comes with fu... |
22 May 2008
03:13 GMT |
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The former anti-Linux poster child, Microsoft, is now lending a helping hand to the process of converting users to the open source operating system. The Redmond company announced the extension of its 2006 Windows-Linux interoperability agreement with Novell, with a strong focus on China. Together, Microsoft and Novel... |
21 April 2008
10:51 GMT |
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Even though with the advent of Windows Vista the open source community saw the ripe moment for Linux to strengthen its grip over consumer PCs, the fact of the matter is that Windows still holds a firm grip over the vast majority of desktops worldwide. And there is no change visible on the horizon, especially as the t... |
18 April 2008
08:39 GMT |
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HP will start shipping Linux-based notebooks and desktop computers in the second quarter of the year. The company has been reported to introduce PCs with a pre-installed version of Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system on the selected markets worldwide. The two companies will start working on t... |
18 March 2008
05:02 GMT |
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For Microsoft, no "good" open source deed goes unpunished. The Redmond company is bound to find this out the hard way, via an antitrust lawsuit filed in 2004 by current partner Novell. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to put an end to the multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Novell over its WordPerfect application, by ... |
17 March 2008
14:08 GMT |
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Windows and Linux are traditionally regarded as two products situated at the opposite end of the operating system spectrum. However, Microsoft's strategy in relation with not only Linux, but also open source software has been slowly evolving. The Redmond company reached a new milestone with the landmark deal for... |
3 March 2008
05:33 GMT |
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Novell announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service, the latest version of Novell's Linux solution optimized for retail computing environments. This allows retailers to customize and manage point of service - POS - systems, reducing their in-store and data center costs.Roger Levy, senior ... |
28 February 2008
03:01 GMT |
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The title might seem a bit of a shocker, especially with all that's been going on as of late with Yahoo and Microsoft's bid, but in all respects, it is only a viable marketing idea that the Mountain View-based company has decided to monetize in order to expand its customer base. As easy as that, it attended... |
5 February 2008
14:36 GMT |
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Microsoft, once the anti-Linux poster child, and the epitome of the proprietary software business model has ended up showing nothing but love for the open source operating system. The turning point as far as the Redmond company is concerned, marking the beginning of concentrated efforts to embrace Linux, was the Nove... |
31 January 2008
02:39 GMT |
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Linux playing well with Windows is a scenario that has generated a healthy amount of profit for Novell. Back in November 2006, Microsoft and Novell announced an interoperability agreement between their two respective operating systems. While the focus was indeed placed on interoperability, the adjacent terms of the p... |
3 January 2008
07:40 GMT |
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A few days ago, a top Red Hat executive accused Novell of reselling the beta version of Red Hat's open source code.The dispute relates to Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 10 (SLERT 10), which was released two weeks ago. SLERT 10 is aimed at Wall Street traders and other organizations that need real... |
11 December 2007
03:29 GMT |
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Dell continues the step-by-step approach to the Linux desktop by formalizing a deal with Novell, to ship Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 desktops with Novell's SLED 10, to companies in China.At this moment, Dell ships PCs pre-loaded with Ubuntu in the United States of America, targeting the normal users and the enthus... |
8 November 2007
09:23 GMT |
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Microsoft's love for the open source Linux operating system grows deeper and deeper with each passing year, fueled by increasing demand for interoperability in heterogeneous environments and via a method designed to deliver intellectual property piece of mind. While in May 2007, Microsoft, through the voices of ... |
8 November 2007
05:01 GMT |
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Microsoft, and Microsoft alone is responsible for the increase in Linux adoption. However, the latest operating system from the Redmond company, Windows Vista, has nothing to do with it, despite the fact that analysts predicted that the operating system will alienate Windows users and convert them to Linux and Mac OS... |
1 October 2007
04:45 GMT |
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The bridge Microsoft and Novell are building between Windows and Linux is focused on four main aspects: virtualization and systems management technologies, directory integration and identity, and last but certainly not least, delivering a common ground for office document formats, namely Open XML and Open Document Fo... |
24 September 2007
03:47 GMT |
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The openSUSE team is working hard on the new version of their free Linux operating system, scheduled for release somewhere in October, very close to the Ubuntu 7.10 release. They are proud to announce the release candidate version of openSUSE 10.3: "After quite a few rebuilds and testing, the openSUSE team is happy t... |
21 September 2007
02:30 GMT |
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The OpenXML document format creates a bridge over the gap between Windows and Linux by opening new opportunities for Linux programmers to create documents in a Windows-friendly format, and more. Novell's Open Office edition supports OpenXML and even Corel have started supporting this format, changing the things ... |
17 September 2007
10:51 GMT |
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Novell has observed an increase in the performance of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server when the Linux operating system is working in a VMware medium as a virtual machine guest. SUSE Linux Enterprise's kernel was modified to support VMI (Virtual Machine Interface), a communication system between the hypervisor and gu... |
14 September 2007
05:07 GMT |
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The "unholy" alliance between Microsoft and Novell inked back in November 2006 with the purpose of producing interoperability and intellectual property assurance designed to bridge the proprietary and open source platform in heterogeneous infrastructures has evolved with the introduction of a Windows and Linux intero... |
12 September 2007
03:42 GMT |
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