CNET Technology Information Network November 8th International Report Novell Vice-Chair CHRIS Stone submitted to the company on Thursday. He is a key figure when Novell is transient to Linux.
Under the active efforts of Stone, Novel has acquired Ximian and SUSE Linux in 2003. Stone is responsible for the company's technology development and Novell Alliance.
Chris Stone refuses to do any comments on the resection of the leave. However, in a statement, Stone said: "I am proud of my work in Novell's work and achievement, I am very sorry for the post, but now I hope to do some other things and find new challenges."
There is a message that Stone since September is used to participate in a nine weeks of manager training courses in Harvard University.
Novell recombacked the management, and the company manager no longer reported to Stone. The company's new manager David Patrick and David Litwack take over this duties of Stone.
Novell once is a famous server software manufacturer, its flagship product NetWare is constantly being eroded by Windows and Linux in the server operating system market, which is already getting dying. Therefore, the company has continuously seeks to transformation, and starts to choose the senior server software. Recently, the company chose to hug Linux.
SUSE has grown as and North America because of his efforts in the Linux field.
Redhat Linux has a LINUX provider. Novell also encountered a lot of difficulties in integrated Ximian's user interfaces and SUSE's Linux operating system. The first desktop LINUX product of Sundance is expected to come to the world.
Robert Frances Group analyst Stacey Quandt said: "Novell's Linux business has been successful in the market that is constantly pursuing cheap IT products, Novell's SUSE Linux 9 Enterprise Server Edition provides users with products in addition to Red Hat Another choice outside. "
Novells and HP, IBM, Sun have a partnership in SUSE Linux. After a few months of negotiations, Novell announced and Dell Computer in October also established a comprehensive cooperative relationship.
Quandt said that SUSE Linux leads ahead to Red Hat products in high performance computing. SUSE Linux has successfully running on the mainframes of many enterprise data centers, as well as servers applied to the financial services industry. (Editor: Sun Ying)
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