Novell plans to introduce a PC-oriented Linux software this week, including office software similar to Office and an email and internet browser to make full use of dissatisfaction with Microsoft.
Novell announced on Monday this week, it plans to launch Novell Linux Desktop 9 on Thursday, and Novell has been acquired many desktop software and integration by acquiring SUSE Linux and Ximian.
Novell will use the Software for each user to charge $ 50, including one year of upgrade and patch software services. The price of the ZENworks desktop management software is $ 18 per desktop. The cost of support services requires additional payment on the basis of the purchase software cost.
Linux Desktop 9 packages include SUSE Linux operating system, Novell's version of OpenOffice Office, Novell Evolution email, and schedule software, Firefox Mozilla Web Browser Software. Users can choose to use the GNOME or KDE user interface, which also includes MONO development tools for developing Linux software.
Novell is marketing its Linux Desktop package in a segmentation manner, and does not expect to replace millions of copying Office packages that Microsoft have installed. In a statement, Novell's CEO Jack. Mersman called their Linux desktop strategy as "pragmatic".
Novell's vice president of Linux desktop software design, Nat Fredman, said that people expect that we staged David to kill the Colorah's story, but we will launch an objective attack behavior. This is feasible in some key markets.
Novell's first Linux desktop products sold mainly for employees using UNIX workstations or fixed-function PCs. Novell has tested the package with 60 customers, including government departments in the United States and Europe. Novell's officials said that government departments and educational institutions in some developing countries have shown the desire to deploy Linux on the desktop.
Novell expects that in the next 2-5 years, its Linux desktop software package will be suitable for office clerks and consumers. Novell's marketing supervisor Todd. Hap said that there will be more Linux device drivers in the future, Novell is working hard to help independent software developers develop more Linux applications.
Fredman said, the earliest until the next year, Novell is expected to complete the new desktop software ━━ name may be the development of Novell Desktop 10. The design goal of the new version of the software is to collaborate, which enables people to access the required information from any computer on the network, by searching and better organizing information, which can also improve the ability of the user to find information.
Forrester Information The survey conducted by the company's technical professionals showed that the business customers also regard Linux as a feasible choice for mainstream desktop software. 51% of the respondents said they would not replace Windows PC in the next five years, 26% of the survey companies, will use Linux to replace a quarter of Windows PC in the next five years. Analyst Simon Jez said, our research shows that the company turned from Windows to Linux is a lower cost of ownership.
He said, however, companies have invested a lot of investment in the Windows application, worrying that the turn of Windows can be discarded by Windows. He said that Longhorn will be the intersection of many companies. When longhorn is released, the company will consider turning to Linux, or continue to be taken by Microsoft.
Some large companies are considering their possible choices. The information technology director of AT & T has requested researchers to assess the feasibility of running Linux on some desktops. IBM is also conducting tests related to Linux PC. Novell re-enters the desktop software business means re-opening the Bank with Microsoft, lost to Microsoft in the 1980 and 1990-selling competition products. Novell is also facing more and more competition from other Linux desktop software suppliers, including Sun, Red Hat.
Stephen Ogrel, an analyst at Market Research Manufacturer RedMonk, said that the Linux desktop software is more than Windows, but they are rapidly increased.
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