RSSNovell Ratchets Up Linux Support
By David Worthington | Published November 13, 2003, 5:42 AM
It could be said that Novell has unofficially christened November "Linux Month." The embattled software maker has placed its eggs squarely in the Linux basket, having announced its acquisition of the popular German Linux vendor SuSE this past Tuesday and the general availability of Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise 2 earlier this week.
Buying SuSE enables Novell to offer a full array of Linux products and services from enterprise servers to the desktop. It also makes Novell the sole billion-dollar Linux distributor with a presence felt around the globe.
Novell will not be standing alone; IBM has elected to extend current commercial agreements for the continued support of SuSE Linux on its eServer product line and middleware. Big Blue will also be involved with marketing the operating system.
"The powerful new management features and broad Linux OS support in this version extend Novell's leadership in Linux software management," said Alan Nugent, Novell chief technology officer. "By lowering operating costs and removing barriers to Linux implementation, we have made it even easier for customers to install, update and maintain the fastest-growing operating system on the market."
Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise services entered an open beta in September, offering early adopters a glimpse at the first Novell-branded release of Ximian wares.
In its deliverable, Novell has married the centralized software management services of Ximian's Red Carpet with Nterprise. Nterprise is designed to offer file, directory, print, management and messaging services in a single package. The software is fully compatible with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server distributions, as well as Red Hat products.
According to claims printed in press materials, customers can deploy Red Carpet Enterprise in as little as 30 minutes.
Novell's primary message being conveyed is that Red Carpet Enterprise 2 simplifies and automates the management and adoption of software designed for Linux all while keeping costs in check. More specifically, Red Carpet Enterprise provides: package distribution and installation, full dependency resolution, rollback and repairs capabilities, inventories, as well as reports. Caching servers are also used to transfer packages across poor network connections more effectively.
Customers can purchase Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise 2 at a cost of $200 USD per managed system. More information is available at Red Carpet Enterprise's official product Web site, and through Novell's Resource Management page.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux et al. as much as the next guy. However, does $200 just for Red Carpet Express seem a little pricey to anybody else? I don't even think SMS costs that much, if I'm not mistaken. Thoughts?
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|Where did you read 200$ ?
For Express it is 99$ including a one year subscription and you get Ximian Desktop 2 for free (actually the Express version is now part of the Desktop).
200$ is for the Enterprise version only.
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|Where did you read 200$ ?
For Express it is 99$ including a one year subscription and you get Ximian Desktop 2 for free (actually the Express version is now part of the Desktop).
200$ is for the Enterprise version only.
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|Oops! I was referring to the Enterprise version ($200) which is why I also mentioned Microsoft's SMS in comparison.
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|Under Novell's CLA/MLA purchase agreements the price of
Red Carpet Enterprise is currently listed as
New Licence $200
Annual Protection $42
2 year Protection $76
Once you have such an agreement in place you can expect a
%20 discount off of list price.
This means that your purchase/rental cost would be $233 per server in the first year, dropping to $33 each year after that. The yearly cost includes all future updates.
Roger
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|Been told the 200$ is what they have on the web. If you call them for discount you usually have to pay less.
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|Why is it that a poor networking service such a novell which has basically gone out of the window once windows offered pp, ssl, and remote desktop connections. SuSe used to be a good flavor of linux albeit heading towards the Redhat end of the spectrum. Now it should be complete forget all the quirks and simplicity of this german linux, it should now be a overly priced commercialized waste of space like Redhat. Between the law suits and everything else Linux is being copy righted faster then one can imagine....Is Torvaldus asleep? lol I have to say why does corporate america feel the need to privatize everything. Beaches, ocean, land, air you breath! Its the future I have seen it and its a scary as the gigantic corporations in William Gibson's novels. I'm going to name my next child Novell, or Sony and cut to the chase.
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|erm, you are aware that Novell is a Canadian company, aren't you? America has nothing to do with it. LMAO!
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|REally?? Canada has taken over the state of Utah? cool.
Novell is a public company in the states and is owned in majority by americans.
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|Hmm...before writing wrong informations about companies you don't know you should probably inform yourself.
Novell was and is far away from being "gone". Novell is still there, otherwise they wouldn't be a billion dollar company.
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|Now how did that erroneous thought get into my head. I swear I thought I read somewhere they were Canadian based. Oh, well.
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|Corel is Canadian and used to have Corel Linux.
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|You're right. All companies should open up all of their products as a free service to the public. And then they should pay all of their employees with hugs and kisses. Because love can pay the bills.
Do you not understand the concept of working, earning money, and paying bills to get by in life? Granted I think some companies are very much on the greedy side of the spectrum, but how do you expect them to pay employees? Are you surprised companies off-shore some of their work now in an order to cut costs of higher American wages and demanding share holders who want returns on their investments?
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|Sony? You're going to name your child Sony? And you're considering Sony an American company?
Splitting hairs can be so much fun sometimes. :D
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