Novell® Linux Desktop 9
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Guy Lunardi

Product Manager

Jeff Allen

Product Marketing Manager

Agenda
Novell Linux Desktop

Intel: At the forefront of the Linux* movement

Introducing Novell Linux Desktop 9

Your Enterprise, Linux, and Novell

Tour of Novell Linux Desktop 9

Putting Novell Linux Desktop to Work

Fixed- & Limited-Function Systems

Finding your first wins

Living on the edge

Next Steps with Novell Linux Desktop

Your enterprise
Linux* and Novell
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Linux* is on the move

File

Print

Collaboration

Authentication

ERP

SCM

CRM

databases

etc.

Wireless

Office Apps

Email

Search/Indexing

Enterprise

Small/Medium Enterprise

Industry Applications:

Financial

Energy

Manufacturing

others...

Workgroup

HPC

Data Center

Workstation

Data Center

High Performance

Computing

WorkGroup

Workstation

Linux

Years of IT Experience
Now with Linux* at the Core

The Novell Internal Migration
Solid business drivers for making the move

TCO - fewer HW units, lower cost HW, decreased maintenance

Security – inherently more secure, not the current target

Flexibility – less vendor lock-in

WG

HPC

DC

WS

EAL3+ Security Certification

Secure, Identity Based Computing

Industry-Leading Linux* Management

Unsurpassed Security
& Manageability

Delivering a Complete Ecosystem

Technical Support

Training & Certification

Consulting & Implementation

Partner Network

Value Added Software

Removing the Barriers

Indemnification

Patent Protection

Workstation Market Dynamics

Customers are transitioning to Windows* 2000 and Windows XP

Linux* has achieved a measurable presence in the client space; feature set and applications remain the greatest adoption barriers

Linux will start to be used in niche deployments in replacement of traditional workstations

Source: IDC, 2004

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Context Within Other Novell Offerings
Novell Linux Desktop

Novell Linux Desktop

(business-ready desktop
productivity environment)

Open Enterprise
Server
(suite of network services
for workgroups)

SUSE LINUX
Enterprise Server
(enterprise-grade Linux
network server platform)

Enterprise / Organization

Enthusiast

Desktop

Server

SUSE LINUX
Professional
(complete distribution
for Linux enthusiast)

Product introduction
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Overview
Novell Linux Desktop

Novell Linux Desktop 9 is a desktop operating system and office-productivity environment that enables organizations to use Linux* and open source with confidence.

Complete Business Productivity Suite
for the most important business tasks

Enterprise deployment and maintenance features
cut costs with pattern-based installs

Powered by SUSE LINUX
ensuring high performance, security and reliability

Backed by Novell
helping businesses deploy Linux with confidence

Desktop screen

Menu Nav Screen 1

Menu Nav Screen2

Desk Cal

Enables End user Productivity
Novell Linux Desktop

Novell Linux Desktop provides the basic applications required to support a productive workforce

Novell EvolutionTM

Linux* Kernel 2.6

Mozilla* Firefox

OpenOffice.org

Novell Edition

Office Suite

Email, Calendaring and Collaboration

Web Browser

Broad Hardware Support

Novell Linux Desktop
Office Productivity Suite

OpenOffice.org 1.1.x Novell Edition

Integrated for look and feel with the Novell Linux Desktop

Novell EvolutionTM integration

Send document as email (from File menu)

Evolution contacts are an accessible data source (e.g. for mail merges)

Supports native Microsoft* Office file formats

Improved document fidelity through font matching

Export to Adobe* Portable Document Format (PDF)

Email, Calendaring, Contacts, Tasks
Novell Linux Desktop

Novell EvolutionTM

Most popular email client on Linux*

Supports IMAP, POP, SMTP and authenticated SMTP

iCalendar support allows users in disparate collaboration servers

Support for LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) enables users to access their existing company address books

User share contact information via vCard support

Support for Microsoft* Exchange

GroupWise® full client
Novell Linux Desktop

GroupWise customers can use the GroupWise multi-platform client

JAVA-based

Runs on Linux* and Mac*

Traditional GroupWise collaboration features

Not included in NLD 9

Available separately to GroupWise customers (no cost)

Future version Novell EvolutionTM will have native GW connectivity (Spring '05)

Internet Browser
Novell Linux Desktop

Mozilla* Firefox

Compatible with many IE-specific web sites

16% browser market share and growing

Broad corporate sponsors

AOL, IBM, Sun, Google, Novell

Tighter Security

Blocks popups

Protects from ActiveX controls

End-user Accommodations

Built-in Google*, Dictionary, Yahoo!*, etc.

Tabbed browsing

Macromedia Flash Player*

Themed to match Novell Linux Desktop

Over 150 free extensions available online

Desktop screen

Desktop screen

Desktop screen

Instant Messaging
Novell Linux Desktop

Gaim

Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows*.

Supports simultaneous logins to popular messaging services

AIM, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, GroupWise Messenger, Gadu-Gadu, MSN, Zephyr, Yahoo! and Napster*

Data Synchronization
Novell Linux Desktop

Novell iFolder® 2.1 (client)

Novell iFolder is an enterprise service for synchronizing local workstation data to a central server

Assures disparately stored data can be centrally backed up

Allows a user to synchronize data between multiple workstations, whether Windows- or Linux-based

Novell iFolder can be hosted securely on server platforms, such as the forthcoming Novell Open Enterprise Server

Information at www.novell.com/ifolder

Supported by Novell
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Built from SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 core code:

all platforms benefit from updates/bug fixes

uniform hardware testing

consistent management tools

inherited security certifications (CC EAL 3+)

Kernel 2.6 means greater performance including better handling of multiple applications and improved power management

Supported by Novell

Enterprise-tested patches and updates

Linux* training and certification

24 x 7 x 365 global support in (7) support centers

Suggested Retail Price
Novell Linux Desktop

MSRP** is $50/€50 per device

Priced as a yearly subscription that includes:

All updates and patches

via a ZENworks® Linux Management host at update.novell.com

Any new versions released during yearly term

via physical or e-media fulfillment

Web-based installation support incident

**Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price

Novell Technical Support
Novell Linux Desktop

Product & Installation Support

Upgrade protection (or Maintenance) must be current

Product must be registered

Readme files

Patches

YaST updates

email notifications

installation support

Novell Support Programs

Novell Tech Select Service (tools for self-support)

Linux* Small Business support (call center access, priority response, support tools)

Premium Support (tiered support program includes call center access, SLAs, account management, support tools)

Learn more at: http://support.novell.com/products/desktop/

End-User Training
Novell Linux Desktop

Reduce transition costs and smooth transition

Users naturally resist change to their desktop environment

End user “buy in” important to minimize lost productivity

End-user training will reduce anxiety and often generates enthusiasm for the new technology

Several end-user training options

Free Booklet - Make the Switch: Novell’s Guide to Novell Linux Desktop (www.novell.com/maketheswitch)

Quick Start Cards – 6-page user guide

Online Training service coming in March (North America)

Instructor-led training – onsite, in a city near you or online

Learn more at: www.novell.com/desktop/enduser

Fixed- & Limited-Function Systems
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IDC defines four desktop user types, and their activities:

End-User Profiles
Desktop Linux*

Consumer

Developer

Transactional

Worker

Knowledge

Worker

Games and
entertainment

Email

Web

Personal finance

Schoolwork

Digital camera
and image editing

Software development

Email

Web

Document software

Plan

Organizational applications

Organizational applications

Email

Web

Plan

Document plans

Present

Email

Web

Organizational applications

IDC's User Model

Source IDC 2004

Market Status: Hype, Hype, Hype
Desktop Linux*

Linux on the Desktop is one of the hottest topics in IT today—it's everywhere and it will touch every user in the enterprise. As product lifecycle phases go, it is currently in an early-adoption, high-hype stage.

Market Awareness

Linux Vendors want to be first to get the mind share, so many oversell the state of the technology

Press find desktop Linux is a popular subject, from technical in-depths to business-level punditry

Enthusiasts contribute to the hype, sometimes overstating capabilities

Analyst firms play the role of the cautious adviser, but now stock significant in-house subject-matter expertise

Result: All the hype leaves CIO's & IT directors with the idea that some single event will suddenly make desktop Linux “ready”

Gartner Group “Linux Hype Cycle”
Linux* Market Expectations

Gartner puts Linux on general use Desktops as a high-interest topic beset by inflated expectations, due for a reconciliation with reality. (Note: position was revised in late October 2004.)

Linux as a consumer desktop remains even further out.

Notably, specific-purpose usage is now moved into better practical acceptance.

Organizational Linux* Desktop User profiles

Deployment Types

Fixed-
Function
Workstation

Call center

Shop floor

Trader
workstation

Engineering
Workstation

CAD, EDA

Animaiton

UNIX workstation
replacements

64 bit OS

Deskless
PC User

Infrequent PC
use

Shared PCs

Read-only
documents

IT
Professional

Developer

IT Administration

Webmaster

Power
User

Content
contributors

Number cruncher

MS-Access user

Legal

Field sales

Linux desktop

future market

(2-5 years)
Linux desktop

maturing market

(< 2 years)

User Assessment is
necessary:

Application

Hardware

Network services

File formats

Desktop OS

functionality and application need

PC User

General purpose
desktop use

LOB application
user

General Knowledge Workers

Technical Workstations

CRM

Inventory Management

Point
of Sale

Shop Floor

Business Appliances

Engineering, CAD, EDA

Scientific Research

Desktops

Systems Administration

Development

Assessment is Critical to Success
Plan Target User Base

Linux* desktops aren't for everyone

User assessment considerations:

Application needs

Hardware requirements

Network services

File formats

General categories emerging

Limited function workstations

Technical workstations

etc.

Finding your first wins
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Winning with Novell Linux Desktop

To succeed in your organization focus on getting early wins:

Identify user groups that make best candidates for Novell Linux Desktop

Assess whether they have special application and hardware needs

Socialize reasoning behind Linux adoption and specific project objectives

Begin rollouts as controlled pilots

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2

3

4

Novell Linux Desktop
Identify Target User Communities

Have minimal allegiance to Windows* / MS Office

Have limited dependence on IE

Do not rely on Windows-only applications

Do not present mutiny risk

Identify groups of users who

Novell Linux Desktop
Identify Target User Communities

Have minimal allegiance to Windows* / MS Office

Have limited dependence on IE

Do not rely on Windows-only applications

Do not present mutiny risk

Identify groups of users who

Novell Linux Desktop
Identify Target User Communities

Have minimal allegiance to Windows* / MS Office

Have limited dependence on IE

Do not rely on Windows-only applications

Do not present mutiny risk

Identify groups of users who

Novell Linux Desktop
Target User Type Recommendations

Transactional Workers (Structured Task Workers)

Require just two or three applications to perform their job duties (word processor, spreadsheet, email, browser)

Receptionist, Lower-level administrative personnel, call center agents, insurance claims processor, advanced data-entry worker, managerial task worker, etc.

UNIX* (Technical Workstation Replacement)

Technical workers whose current job functions are met using UNIX workstations

Software Developer, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Other Compute-heavy Operations

Early Adopters (Linux* Supporters)

Typically technical individuals – often in IT or engineering organizations – who are interested in experimenting with Linux on the desktop

Novell Linux Desktop
Quantifying the Value Proposition

Hard ROI factors

Operating system cost savings

Office suite cost savings

Soft ROI factors

Focus: streamlined machines outfitted for getting work done provide fewer time-wasters and distractions (Instant messages or solitaire)

Assessment Criteria

What applications would be required? Do the right ISV's support it? Are there OSS alternatives?

What lock-downs work best?

Transactional Workers

Novell Linux Desktop
Quantifying the Value Proposition

Hard ROI factors

Hardware cost savings

Software cost savings (in cases of dual-machined desktops)

Soft ROI factors

UNIX-based workers are generally more independent, require less intrusive management; you can use ZENworks Linux Management to create a self-serve environment

Assessment Criteria

What applications would be required? Do the right ISV's support it? Are there OSS alternatives?

What lock-downs work best?

UNIX Workstations

Novell Linux Desktop
Quantifying the Value Proposition

Early Adopters

Hard ROI factors

Hardware cost savings

Software cost savings

Soft ROI factors

Employee participation

Creates departmental champions for next wave of deployments

Assessment Criteria

Users typically self-enroll in these skunkworks-style pilots

Finding your first wins
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Living on the edge
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Novell Open Desktop Initiative
Living ahead of the Adoption Curve

More than 85% of employees use OpenOffice.org full-time

Novell R&D develops & tests on SUSE LINUX

3,094 Linux* desktop users today (over ½ of the company)

This provides real-world input into

The Novell Migration offerings to customers

OpenOffice development efforts

Novell® Linux Desktop development efforts

Learn how at: www.novell.com/linux/migrate

SUSE LINUX in the Enterprise
The Novell Internal Desktop Migration

All Novell employees on OpenOffice by
mid-summer 2004 (Done!)

Half of Novell employees on Novell® Linux Desktop by fall 2004 (Done!)

All Novell employees on Novell Linux Desktop and OpenOffice by Q1 2005

2004

2005

100%
OpenOffice

50%

Linux Desktop

100%

Linux Desktop

spring

summer

fall

winter

ZENworks® Linux Management
Deploying Applications and Updates

Package Repository

Package Repository

Package Repository

Package Repository

Public

ZLM

Servers

SUSE LINUX

YaST

Online

Update

Red Hat*

Network

Private

ZLM

Servers

ZLM Server

ZLM Management Domain

Package Repository

Wrap-up
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Next Steps

Download Novell Linux Desktop today and begin your evaluation

http://www.novell.com/desktop

Download a copy of this presentation and share it within your organization

http://www.novell.com/desktop

Learn more about migration

http://www.novell.com/linux/migrate

http://www.novell.com/maketheswitch

Find More Information
Novell Linux Desktop

http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/

And now, Linux has moved into the heart of IT offering a flexible platform for delivering services across all areas of your business.

- Linux is on the move and is gaining moment within each of these spaces.

- Proprietary Unix systems are being replaced by Linux systems in the data center.

- High performance clusters are being moved to Linux.

- Linux servers are being deployed along side Windows and NetWare servers supporting the growing burden of workgroup file print and messaging weight.

- Linux desktop environments are becoming more common in fixed function, and technical workstation workloads, and is gaining traction with the general knowledge work force.

The market is ripe for Linux.

Novell has taken years of technology experience and wrapped it around Linux.

- Long ago we built a common fabric for NetWare that made the work of deploying and managing business critical services easy. It also provided the capability of clustering an environment to support failover improving service availability. eDirectory is has been an essential part of the fabric delivering enterprise security and management through identity based computing. Basically giving services and information access to the right people whenever they need it. Everything, our services and application fabric as well as our applications are wrapped in this security layer

- We've been doing this for 8 years and recently have added Linux to our story. Now we have the ability to deliver this common fabric on top of a heterogeneous OS environment, Netware, Windows and Linux. Red Hat is now trying to quickly duplicate a similar fabric through the acquisition of antiquated technologies, a desperate strategy with plenty of risk to the consumer.

- Novell has taken additional steps to ensure the functionality and value associated with a truly heterogeneous approach. Novell has added Mono to the fabric, which provides support for applications written for .NET and the promise of .ASP and VB.NET applications running everywhere.

- Novell has a strong heritage of delivering enterprise applications for file sharing and access collaboration , printing, identity, web based management, collaboration, and configuration and are proven to scale.

- We ship today and support the largest open standard for server and application management. We provide management data on on the server as well as our applications in a non intrusive autonomous way. Any IHV or ISV can extend this model.

At Novell we have also recognized the solid business drivers for making the move to Linux

Security

Security remains a top concern for today’s IT executives. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 has received the highest level of security and operations certification ever reached in the Linux market, Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3+. The new SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 includes all the components required for compliance with the next certification level, EAL4+.

SUSE LINUX products also include a wealth of security features such as encryption, certificate authority and management, user authentication and access control, firewall and proxy.

Along with that, Novell has a strong heritage of making security a priority in all our development efforts. Novell is a leader in providing secure identity management solutions to ensure that the right people of access to the right information when they need it.

Manageability

• Manageability is critical element for determining any system’s total cost of ownership.

• Whether you are installing, deploying, updating or securing Linux servers, blades, desktops or laptops, The Novell unique resource management solutions make it easy and cost effective through the entire lifecycle.

• YaST (Yet another Setup Tool) is a comprehensive installation, configuration, and administration suite unique to SUSE LINUX.

• YaST gives IT administrators a common foundation for managing not just the operating system components, but also the services that run on it, such as a DNS server or Apache Web server, or even third-party applications.

• YaST is open. It supports the common information model (CIM) standard, and is compatible with third party management solutions such as HP OpenView, Novell ZENworks Linux Management, IBM Tivoli, or CA Unicenter.

• Novell ZENworks Linux Management complements YaST by providing IT administrators the ability to centrally control how they deploy and update systems inside the firewall.

• Novell ZENworks Linux Management provides industry leading return on investment for the management of Linux.

• Customers benefit from the best-of-breed management solution at a dramatically lower cost than Red Hat Network.

• Typically businesses will see return on this investment within days of deployment.

Technical Support

• Novell has a worldwide technical support organization offering 24 x 7 x 365 support to CIOs who know that Novell will be there to back them up if problems occur.

• Novell’s technical support staff alone is larger than the combined total employees of Red Hat, Mandrake and Turbo Linux.

• With over 800 support staff located in seven support centers covering every region of the world, Novell can deliver unmatched levels of service on a global scale.

Linux Training and Certification

• Novell is the only company that offers a comprehensive set of Performance Consulting and Training Services that enable our clients to take proactive steps to mitigate risks and ensure staff potential is converted to optimal performance when selecting the Linux platform.

Business and IT Consulting for Linux

• Novell employs a large IT consulting staff and supports a global channel partner network, both of which have the credentials to help customers realize business benefits and design IT strategies to take advantage of Linux and open source software.

• Novell, and our partners, can help with specific migration strategies and approaches from Sun Solaris, Red Hat Linux, Novell NetWare, and Microsoft Windows

Extensive Partner Universe

• Novell has a network of channel partners that we believe is essential to supporting our customers via resellers and consultants in local markets.

• Novell has more than 4,200 channel partners worldwide in its PartnerNet program - with thousands more who sell Novell technologies - ensuring that customers can get qualified local sales and service support on Novell solutions.

Value Added Software Available from Novell

Novell also offers value-added network services that make it easy for IT administrators to move to Linux and meet the needs of their end users. These are services that Novell developed over the last 20 years include managed file, print, messaging, identity management and collaboration.

The Novell Indemnification Program and Patent Policy

Enterprises may be skittish about deploying open source products in their networks, because of a few widely publicized legal challenges to patent ownership and intellectual property rights.

Novell has removed that barrier by taking two important steps: offering an Indemnification Program to SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server customers, and placing its own patent portfolio squarely behind its customers.

Indemnification Program

Novell offers an indemnification program for copyright infringement claims made by third parties against registered Novell customers who obtain SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (or later) and who, after January 12, 2004, obtain upgrade protection and a qualifying technical support contract from Novell or a participating Novell or SUSE LINUX channel partner.

Through the Novell Linux Indemnification Program, you can deploy qualified Novell Linux solutions with the peace of mind that Novell will protect you against any future copyright challenges against the technology in those solutions.

Patent Policy

Novell holds unique contractual and intellectual property rights because of its position in the historical ownership chain of UNIX and UnixWare. For example, Novell has the rights to license UNIX technology pursuant to a Technology License Agreement between SCO and Novell, including the right to authorize Novell customers to use that UNIX technology in their internal business operations.

Novell will use its patent portfolio to protect itself against claims made against the Linux kernel or open source programs included in The Novell offerings, as dictated by the actions of others. Novell is prepared to use our patents, which are highly relevant in today's marketplace, to defend against those who might assert patents against open source products marketed, sold or supported by Novell.

As with all purchasing considerations, customers should keep software patents in perspective. In reality, open source software poses no greater risk of patent infringement than does closed source software.

Although Linux has made strong headway into the workstation space, Windows continues to dominate the desktop. The main barrier to Linux desktop adoption are end user applications and feature sets.

The combined pressures of customer demand for lower cost desktop operating systems and the advancements in open source desktop productivity suites, is moving Linux on the desktop closer to reality.

For the near term, single or fixed use deployments are finding a good home on Linux.

Novell Linux Desktop is more than merely a client operating system. It also comes with the basic productivity applications end users need to perform their work.

These components include:

An office suite (OpenOffice.org, covered next slide)

A collaboration client (Novell Evolution, covered in two slides)

A complete web browser (Mozilla Firefox, covered 3rd slide from here)

These components can be hosted more efficiently and on a broader range of hardware than other Linux desktop distributions because Novell Linux Desktop uses Linux kernel 2.6.

Supports native Microsoft Office file formats

OOo sport compatability; not fidelity. Some formatting from MS Office to OOo will vary.

Improved document fidelity through font matching; we do this through AGFA font matching and font set. This gets us closer to document fidelity with MS Office than the non Novell OOo.

Novell Edition of OOo preserves MS Office macros. While most of these macros don't work, the difference here is that the standard edition of OOo strips out MS Office macros when the document is modified in OOo.

Novell Evolution integrations

Send document as email (from File menu)

Evolution contacts are an accessible data source (e.g. for mail merges)

Integrated for look and feel with the Novell Linux Desktop

Icons in button bars match desktop environment

Fonts in OOo menus and dialogs match the ones used in the desktop environment

Widgets, button bars and other elements match style of chosen desktop theme

File selection dialog uses the native desktop dialogs rather than OOo dialogs

Printers configured in for NLD are available in OOo. (Instead of showing as the far more cryptic “/usr/bin/lpr”)

All fonts installed in NLD are available in OOo.

File access from any source accessible to NLD are available in OOo (so network files open and save seamlessly, as you would expect)

The multiplatform client for GroupWise is an interim solution for GroupWise customers who wish to use NLD. The long-term direction for GroupWise access from NLD is Novell Evolution. The Evolution and GroupWise engineering teams are making changes to both products to enable GroupWise connectivity for Evolution through a connector similar to the Exchange connector for Evolution.

[One note to point out is that the GroupWise windows client is not currently scheduled for a replacement with Evolution, nor does Novell intend to halt engineering on the Win32 GroupWise client. --Ted Haeger]

Novell Linux Desktop includes an open source instant messaging client that supports the most common messaging protocols including AOL*, Yahoo!* and MSN. In addition, the messaging client supports Novell GroupWise Instant Messenger for secure instant communication inside an organization.

This slide can also work in positioning how NLD can interoperate well in a mixed Windows environment.

Novell Linux Desktop comes with client software for Novell iFolder® 2. Novell iFolder is an enterprise service that can be hosted on a secure server platform, such as the forthcoming Novell Open Enterprise Server. The Novell iFolder 2 client synchronizes files from a local folder on a user's workstation to a central iFolder server, where data can be backed up as part of your organization's regular backup systems. Data stored in a user's iFolder can also be synchronized to other workstations with an iFolder client, whether on Microsoft Windows* or Novell Linux Desktop. Users experience the convenience of having their files available at work, home or on the go while enjoying worry-free security and high-speed mobility. For more information, visit http://www.novell.com/ifolder

The multiplatform client for GroupWise is an interim solution for GroupWise customers who wish to use NLD. The long-term direction for GroupWise access from NLD is Novell Evolution. The Evolution and GroupWise engineering teams are making changes to both products to enable GroupWise connectivity for Evolution through a connector similar to the Exchange connector for Evolution.

[One note to point out is that the GroupWise windows client is not currently scheduled for a replacement with Evolution, nor does Novell intend to halt engineering on the Win32 GroupWise client. --Ted Haeger]

As you begin to develop your plans for

As you begin to develop your plans for

As you begin to develop your plans for

Novell has always believed in using the technologies we develop and support. Linux desktop solutions are no exception. That’s why we’ve launched an internal project called the “Open Desktop Initiative.”

This summer, 100% of the company moved to an open source productivity suite called Open Office, which runs on both Windows and Linux. We’re also in the process of switching all of our 6,000 employees to a SUSE LINUX platform running Open Office and the Novell Linux desktop. That process should be complete later this year.

We see a clear trend in operating systems going forward. Either get deeper into Microsoft or get out as fast as you can. We’re choosing the 2nd option because we like choices, and we like saving money. We’re confident that many other companies will feel the same.

ZLM makes it easy to aggregate software packages for applications and a variety of Linux distros, not just SUSE LINUX.

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