{"id":549,"date":"2007-05-07T21:15:31","date_gmt":"2007-05-08T02:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/07\/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux"},"modified":"2007-05-07T21:15:34","modified_gmt":"2007-05-08T02:15:34","slug":"dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/07\/dell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux","title":{"rendered":"Dell collaborates with Microsoft\/Novell &#8211; 2007 is definitely the year of desktop Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Dell was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/05\/01\/ubuntu-linux-pre-loaded-on-dells\">getting in bed<\/a> with Ubuntu, this week there&#8217;s a Microsoft\/Novell <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novell.com\/news\/press\/dell-joins-microsoft-and-novell-collaboration\/\">deal<\/a>. The terms are <i>interesting<\/i>: Dell purchasing SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) certificates from Microsoft. Then, there&#8217;s the existing Dell Linux customer base &#8211; this deal is meant to market and offer services to migrate them to SLES!<\/p>\n<p>Two platforms of the future &#8211; Microsoft Windows and Linux. These are also the two platforms for today. Dell will focus on interoperability workshops, migration proof of concepts, and provide migration services. I wonder how much of these will hit Dell or Novell partners, offering similar services. Watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/direct2dell.com\/one2one\/archive\/2007\/05\/07\/14120.aspx\">video-blog<\/a> on Dell&#8217;s blog.<\/p>\n<p>Questions that remain to be answered, and will be interesting to see unfold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where does this leave Red Hat? Is something interesting going to be announced at the Red Hat Summit happening May 9-11?<\/li>\n<li>HP is a big supporter of Linux, with Debian. Where is the synergy with them to move the Ubuntu or even the Novell way?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A lot of folk have predicted many years in the past were the year of desktop Linux adoption. I think 2007 is the year of desktop Linux adoption. More importantly, I think I&#8217;m right.<\/p>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/dell\" rel=\"tag\">dell<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/novell\" rel=\"tag\">novell<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/microsoft\" rel=\"tag\">microsoft<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/sles\" rel=\"tag\">sles<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/pre-loaded\" rel=\"tag\">pre-loaded<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/migration\" rel=\"tag\">migration<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/ubuntu\" rel=\"tag\">ubuntu<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/windows\" rel=\"tag\">windows<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Dell%20collaborates%20with%20Microsoft%2FNovell%20-%202007%20is%20definitely%20the%20year%20of%20desktop%20Linux&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F05%2F07%2Fdell-collaborates-with-microsoftnovell-2007-is-definitely-the-year-of-desktop-linux&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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