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Novell expects this week to begin offering SuSE Linux customers some legal protection for using the open-source operating system, the fourth legal umbrella to emerge from a computing industry grappling with legal threats brought by SCO Group.
Network software maker Novell continued its move into the Linux market with the release on Tuesday of its first Linux-based desktop services package.
Novell and Network Appliance have joined the Open Source Development Labs, one of the main groups promoting the business use of Linux and other open-source software.
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A day after the networking-software maker said it had bought Linux company Ximian, Novell executives say it's likely that their company's own OS will go fallow in favour of Linux.
Novell chief executive, Jack Messman, intends to resurrect the company by featuring a combination of its still-vaunted technology and an army of consultants. But does he have enough time to realise his vision?
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