● 04.07.07

●● Novell Rejected GNU/Linux a Decade Ago

Posted in GNU/Linux, NetWare, Novell at 5:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

While Wikipedia provides some solid background on Novell, nothing beats a few lesser-known facts. In a new article titled “Nine things you don’t know about Novell” you will find an interesting nugget of information.

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7. When did Novell first start tinkering with Linux?

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As early as 1994, with the launch of the Corsair skunkworks project at Novell. Corsair was a project to create a desktop metaphor to compete with Windows. When then-president of Novell Ray Noorda retired and Robert Frankenburg took over, Frankenburg cut out many of Novell’s unofficial products. A number of employees, dissatisfied with the decision to abandon their project, left Novell and founded Caldera with funding from Noorda.

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Let us see if this time, for a change, Novell is pressured to leave GNU/Linux, or maybe even finds what Bruce Perens hyptothesises is an exit strategy (from Free software as we know it).

NetworkWorld has another article that’s derived from the main story, which makes a good read.

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