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Novell welcomes Red Hat's desktop Linux push
Mar. 20, 2007

Novell officials are welcoming the news that Red Hat is planning a packaged Linux desktop solution, which they say validates their existing desktop-to-data center offering.

In an interview, Nat Friedman, Novell's vice president of Linux desktop engineering, said that Red Hat's acknowledgment of the Linux desktop's importance is welcomed.

Friedman also said he is not surprised that Red Hat waited to act until the point where Novell had demonstrated that desktop Linux is viable and credible.

"If Red Hat is starting to make noise about the desktop, that's good for the market in general and is also a recognition of the effectiveness of our desktop-to-the-data center approach. But a credible desktop offering is more than just having bits on a CD," he said.

"You also need to have a full ecosystem in place, be able to provide all the management tools, and ensure that all the protocols and shared files and things like Active Directory work well and are supported. We have all of this in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop [SLED] 10 and so have a big lead on Red Hat on that front," he said.

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