Comments on: Special Partner of Novell Bought Out by Microsoft Partner http://techrights.org/2009/01/21/provident-pds-takeover/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian http://techrights.org/2009/01/21/provident-pds-takeover/comment-page-1/#comment-58779 Ian Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:17:48 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/21/provident-pds-takeover/#comment-58779 I wouldn't read too much into that press release. Neither Zenworks, ZCM, or IDM are open source. They can run on top of SLES but that's the extent of the open source piece of it. Generally speaking, Novell's bread and butter software has always been primarily aimed at managing microsoft client environments. This hasn't changed since the days of DOS. Only since SLED 10 came out have they made a conceited effort to manage the linux desktop. I guess the only thing I get out of it, which makes sense to me anyway, is that not everyone wants to use microsoft technologies to manage their microsoft environment. Maybe that's what they're trying to leverage by eating up Provident. I wouldn’t read too much into that press release. Neither Zenworks, ZCM, or IDM are open source. They can run on top of SLES but that’s the extent of the open source piece of it.

Generally speaking, Novell’s bread and butter software has always been primarily aimed at managing microsoft client environments. This hasn’t changed since the days of DOS. Only since SLED 10 came out have they made a conceited effort to manage the linux desktop.

I guess the only thing I get out of it, which makes sense to me anyway, is that not everyone wants to use microsoft technologies to manage their microsoft environment. Maybe that’s what they’re trying to leverage by eating up Provident.

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