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richo123

Apr 12, 2006
7:04 AM EDT 		This story make clear to me something I suspected. Novell really is very serious about taking on M$ on the desktop in the corporate environment. They are backing it to the hilt. Having used Linux on the desktop for maybe five years a few questions spring to mind:

1) Will it be bugfree enough to avoid annoying a significant number of users?

2) Will the replacement apps for M$ Office in particular be easy enough to use and bugfree enough?

3) How good will Novell be in user support to get through the difficult transition issues of many M$ addicts?

4) Will the looming Vista disaster for M$ be a major selling point for Novell?

Just a few ignorant questions by an outsider....
jimf

Apr 12, 2006
7:34 AM EDT 		Well, you're asking the right questions. Only time will tell.
number6x

Apr 12, 2006
8:17 AM EDT 		richo,

Shouldn't Novell be adding more bugs in order to meet the average Windows user's expectations of how software should work?

=)
tuxchick2

Apr 12, 2006
10:24 AM EDT 		why do they interview a HP veep for a Novell product? Of course he is going to diss a competitor. :)
richo123

Apr 12, 2006
10:56 AM EDT 		I think they interviewed the HP veep earlier and when confronted with Novell's confidence he started backpedalling (Novell were targetting a specific set of corporate user not a general desktop market).

number6x: Dunno my experience has been that young OSS is buggier than proprietary stuff but mature OSS is less buggy. Contrast abiword today with 18 months ago.

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