Novell, Red Hat -- What's the Diff?

Posted by red5 on Feb 28, 2009 8:52 AM EDT
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Novell's management was asked why Novell's Linux business wasn't performing at the same level at which Red Hat's Linux business is performing. Red Hat's most recent set for financial results showed improvements in revenue and income. Novell executives answered that Novell's business is a different one than Red Hat's for a number of reasons. "We will continue to be aggressive with the Linux tool and product in order to drive more of our other management products and other products that sit above that," Hovsepian stated. "So fundamentally we have a different strategy on long-term value of Linux in the marketplace and as part of our portfolio. We see it as an important part but we see the long-term profitability coming from these other categories for our business."

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