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NetFlash: Novell prepares to take on Red Hat

Opinion
Nov 05, 20032 mins
Networking

If you were wondering just how serious Novell could possibly be about Linux, given its longtime investment in NetWare, wonder no more. Novell’s planned purchase of SuSE Linux fundamentally changes the landscape of the operating system market – for better or for worse. Novell prepares to take on Red Hat http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1104novelprepa.html?net

If you were wondering just how serious Novell could possibly be about Linux, given its longtime investment in NetWare, wonder no more. Novell’s planned purchase of SuSE Linux fundamentally changes the landscape of the operating system market – for better or for worse.

Novell prepares to take on Red Hat

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1104novelprepa.html?net

Your job hangs in the balance

This month’s Face-off directly concerns your financial well-being. When globalization transfers IT jobs to other countries, is that a threat to the U.S. economy that should be stopped? Or is it just the natural evolution of the industry? Matthew Biggs of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers argues for stemming the tide, while Scott Turner of management service provider NaviSite says it’s all a part of IT commoditization.

Globalization threatens U.S. IT jobs

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1103biggs.html?net

U.S. IT job loss part of normal industry evolution

https://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/1103turner.html?net

Forum: Should the U.S. do more to preserve IT jobs?

https://www.nwfusion.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=915

Sprint’s Forsee: Reorganization ‘changing the culture of the company’

Sprint CEO Gary Forsee said the carrier’s reorganization plan is well underway and all pieces should be in place by Jan. 1.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1105forsee.html?net

Network Appliance buys Spinnaker Networks

Network Appliance (NetApp) is buying privately-held Spinnaker Networks for about $300 million in an all-stock deal aimed at boosting Network Appliance’s high-end storage products line and getting its “storage grid” architecture to market more quickly, executives from the companies said Tuesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2003/1104netapp.html?net