"... when we release Netware 7..."

Posted Apr 19, 2003 17:46 UTC (Sat) by Baylink (guest, #755)
In reply to: Keep up the good momentum by kmagnusson
Parent article: An apology from Novell's CEO

That phrasing suggests strongly that you think you've figured out a way to prove that what commercial clients for something like Netware are *paying for* is auditability, accountability, and support, not merely the functionality of the package. And that, by extension, you can stay in business and make a living and still open source your code.

And I *dearly* hope you're right.

Someone makes the point further up the page that Sun "got it right" with StarOffice -- which is only questionably accurate, but not *pertinent*, as OOo is *not* the bread and butter for Sun.

Netware *is* for you.

I'm personally pleased to see that you think that the underpinnings of Linux are sufficiently sturdy even at the current stage to be a good target to port your services subsystems to for commercial sale -- it makes my sales job (for those few who are still Linux scaredycats) even easier.

Best of luck on this one, and good save. :-)