With Novell’s annual BrainShare conference in full swing, Novell’s making the headlines. Here’s a sampling:
Torvalds: Outside threats to Linux. During a surprise guest appearance at Novell to Combine Best of KDE and Gnome. Novell’s Linux-oriented divisions, Ximian and SuS… [OSNews]
Linux on the Desktop, Part XIV: The Novell Years. Novell, the up-and-coming superchum of Linux who has recently acquired both SuSE and Ximian, wants to toss its hat into the “desktop panacea” ring and pontificate on the future of Linux on the desktop (with Novell products in the server closet). [Ars Technica]
Q&A: Novell’s Messman and Stone weigh in from BrainShare. Novell’s top two executives, CEO Jack Messman and Vice Chairman to the CEO Chris Stone, talked about Linux, the future of grid computing at Novell and more in separate interviews. [Computerworld News]
Novell: VPN for Macs, iFolder, Linux Certification, Migration. [OSNews]
Siemens, SuSE Linux partner on sales. Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG (SBS), the IT service subsidiary of German electronics giant Siemens AG, has agreed to a sales partnership with Novell Inc.’s newly acquired open source software vendor, SuSE Linux AG, the companies said Tuesday. [InfoWorld: Top News]