Novell
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Novell targets netbooks with latest OS...weeks after Ubuntu 9.10 - aka Karmic Koala - landed. The latest version of the operating system clearly signals Novell's intent to scoop up some share of the nascent netbook market. OpenSUSE 11.2 comes loaded with version 2.6.31 of the... In this article: Novell, SUSE Linux, KDE, Gnome, Ubuntu 9.10, and Linux kernel |
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Computer World | October 07, 2009
Microsoft, Red Hat seal the deal on interoperability
...work by the two companies helps expand support on both platforms. Red Hat already supports VMware, while Microsoft has a support deal with Novell and its Suse Linux platform. In July, Microsoft shocked the industry by contributing...
In this article: Microsoft, Red Hat, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Hyper-V, Mike Neil, Citrix, and Corporate development
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The Register | October 19, 2009
SCO boots boss McBride
...Linux must purchase an IP license. A year later, SCO filed a slander of action lawsuit against Novell after the company said it still actually owned the disputed Unix copyrights in SCO's case against IBM. Although US courts have found...
In this article: SCO Group, Darl McBride, IBM, Unix, Bankruptcy, Linux, US, and Cash flow
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Linus calls Linux 'bloated and huge'
...with no midriff-slimming diet plan in sight. During a roundtable discussion at LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon this afternoon, moderator and Novell distinguished engineer James Bottomley asked Tovalds whether Linux kernel features were being...
In this article: Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux kernel, Intel, Portland, and Oregon
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Microsoft's Linux moves could be canny
...this time with Melco Holdings. Such deals, which Microsoft began signing in 2006 starting with Novell, protect partners against lawsuits over 235 patents Microsoft claims it holds on technology found in Linux. Partners pay Microsoft royalties...
In this article: Microsoft, Linux, Linux kernel, IDC, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Revenue, Cloud computing, Info, and Hyper-V
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Techdirt | April 25, 2008
Techdirt: The Open Source Model Is About Organization, Not Who Signs Your Paycheck
...the Linux kernel. Yes, Linus Torvalds and his lieutenants decide which patches will ultimately make it into the kernel, but the Red Hat, IBM, and Novell employees who work on the Linux kernel don't take their orders from them. They work on...
In this article: Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, Linux Foundation, Scaled Composites, Red Hat, Steve Ballmer, and IBM
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Microsoft frees Linux driver source code
...in several months as part of the next major Linux kernel update, said Greg Kroah-Hartman, a longtime Linux developer at Novell Inc. and head of the Linux Driver Project, which works with manufacturers to submit kernel code to the...
In this article: Linux, Microsoft, Vmware Inc, Linux kernel, Broadcom Corp., Dashboard, Competitive advantage, and General Public License
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Linux: More contributors, more code
...is the second edition of the report, following a thorough analysis of the Linux kernel development effort that Greg Kroah-Hartman of Novell, Jonathan Corbet of LWN.net and Amanda McPherson of the Linux Foundation put together in April 2008.
In this article: Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, Lwn.net, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
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IBM Update
Red Hat, IBM and Novell remain the top contributors to the Linux kernel, an open source project that has grown by 2.7 million lines of code over the past 16 months, according to a report put out by the Linux Foundation. Microsoft...
In this article: IBM, Oracle Corp, Microsoft, Revenue, Cloud computing, SCO, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, and Recession
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
Novell
...exteNd contains XML and Web Service tools based on J2EE. In August 2003, Novell acquired Ximian, a developer of open source Linux applications (Evolution , Red Carpet and Mono ). This acquisition signaled Novell's plans to move its...
In this article: Novell NetWare, Microsoft, GPL, Revenue, WordPerfect, and Raymond Noorda
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thumb|right|250px|Novell's current headquarters in Waltham
thumb|right|250px|Novell's former headquarters in Provo
Novell, Inc. () is a global software corporation based in the United States specializing in enterprise operating systems such as SUSE Linux Enterprise and Novell NetWare; identity, security and systems management solutions; and collaboration solutions. Together with WordPerfect, Novell was instrumental in making the Utah Valley a focus for high-technology software development. Today this area has many small companies whose employees have previously worked at Novell. Novell was one of the most relevant and influential technological innovators which, during the second half of the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s contributed to the emergence of Local Area Networks, which began displacing significant numbers of corporate Mainframe computers, a trend that completely changed commercial computing worldwide.
- Name:
- Novell, Inc.
- Type:
- Public (NASDAQ: NOVL)
- Location City:
- Waltham, MA
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founded:
- 1983
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- NOVL
- Industry:
- Software
- Key People:
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- John Dragoon, Senior Vice President, CMO
- Dana Russell, Senior Vice President, CFO
- Ron Hovsepian, CEO and President
- Products:
- Revenue:
- US$932.5 million (2007)
- Operating Income:
- US$55.8 million (2007)
- Net Income:
- US$44.5 million (2007)
- No. of Employees:
- 4,100 (2008)
- Motto:
- Software for the Open Enterprise
- Market Cap:
- US$1.8 billion (2008)
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