Re: Novell acquires Ximian.

[Hasbullah Bin Pit <sebol ikhlas com>]

Nat Friedman menulis:
> On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 15:08, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote:
>
> > Hi Nat,
> > So what does this mean in more practical terms? Will you get more
> > developers working on GNOME, less developers, the same amount of
> > developers? Will Ximian GNOME be used in a Novell linux distro toghether
> > with their Novell services stuff? Did they buy Ximian because they are
> > interested in GNOME or are they mostly interested in doing stuff around
> > Red Carpet? or was it Mono? How much atonomy will the Ximian unit have?
> > Will you and Miguell swim in champagne and spend your days watching polo
> > games for the most part due to this deal? 
>
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> That's a lot of questions, and frankly I don't know the answer to all of
> them yet.  That's because we haven't figured them all out yet; give us a
> few weeks ;-).
>
> I am taking the lead, with Miguel, on the Linux desktop strategy here at
> Novell.  
>
> We believe that the Linux desktop is nearing a tipping point which could
> cause explosive growth in the next 12-18 months.  We see a growing
> pattern of large-scale deployments: 400 systems in Largo, 10,000 in
> Brazil, 14,000 in Munich, up to 200,000 in Extramadura/Andalucia, and up
> to a million in Thailand.  We want to help make this happen.

how about in country which no ximian before? such as Malaysia.
will Novell Malaysia will do such mass deployment?


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