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Novell acquires XimianNovell acquires XimianPosted Aug 7, 2003 17:29 UTC (Thu) by hans (subscriber, #148)In reply to: Novell acquires Ximian by leandro Parent article: Novell acquires Ximian I think that's true about companies where there is a great deal of overlap, such as the HP/Compaq merger. But as far as I can tell, Novell and Ximian have complementary properties. Ximian has very little name recognition, while the name Novell is widely known. Ximian is strong on the desktop, while Novell's strength historically has been on the server side of things. Certainly Ximian can be used to manage servers and Novell has some desktop applications, but overall I think Novell's action makes a lot of sense, IMHO, especially if their goal is to eventually convert their core business to a Linux-based one. Their current product line has no long-term future, so they had to do something in order to survive. I think this gives them a good chance. And although they claim not to be doing this to compete with Microsoft on the desktop, I think that has to be one of their long-term goals. They just don't want to attract too many of Microsoft's attack dogs too early on. I suppose we'll see. This one will be interesting to watch.
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Novell acquires Ximian Posted Aug 7, 2003 17:31 UTC (Thu) by hans (subscriber, #148) [Link] Oops! Replace "...Ximian can be used..." with "...Red Carpet can be used...". I need to pay more attention to the comment preview!
Novell acquires Ximian Posted Aug 7, 2003 20:07 UTC (Thu) by leandro (guest, #1460) [Link] > Novell and Ximian have complementary properties Could be, if they emphasize services. As products, Novell has been in decline and Ximian never prove themselves. They have CTP in the group, so CTP could become the milk cow based on Novell and Ximian products, just as IBM makes money on the services based on their platforms. The problem is that it isn't easy to became another IBM... Small is beautiful.
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