From: Görkem Çetin (gorkem@bahcesehir.edu.tr)
Date: Tue 13 Jan 2004 - 14:50:01 EST
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Novell'in SuSE firmasını tam olarak satın aldığına ilişkin olarak Novell genel müdürü (daha doğrusu yönetim kurulu başkanı) Jack Messman'ın geçtiği bir yazı. Metin içinde Novell'in bundan sonraki hareket planı da az çok belirgin hale getirilmiş...
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Görkem
January 13, 2004
Attention valued Novell Customers
We are proud to announce that Novell today completed its acquisition of
SUSE LINUX, a combination that brings global technical support,
consulting and training services and industry-leading networking and
security to Linux, and provides a compelling alternative for companies
wishing to leverage the many benefits of open source. Novell now offers
a full range of enterprise solutions on the Linux platform, from the
server to the desktop. The closing of the $210 million cash deal also
opens the door for completion of the $50 million investment of IBM in
Novell announced November 4.
Novell today also announced it will offer its SUSE LINUX Enterprise
Server 8 customers a new indemnification program designed to provide an
additional measure of protection against certain intellectual property
challenges to Linux.
With today's closing of Novell's acquisition of SUSE LINUX and the
addition of the SUSE LINUX distribution to Novell's product offerings,
Novell is now unique among Linux vendors in offering a full stack Linux
solution, providing global technical support for Linux, and, through its
new Novell Linux Indemnification Program, giving enterprise customers
additional reassurance about deploying Linux in their organizations.
Linux and open source solutions have grown rapidly in recent years,
moving from peripheral uses into more business critical functions. As
enterprises consider making strategic investments in Linux, they face
the question of indemnification, a standard component of most
traditional proprietary software offerings but generally unavailable for
Linux. Novell's Linux Indemnification Program will afford qualifying
Novell Linux customers a measure of protection against potential
copyright infringement claims.
Novell's Linux Indemnification Program
Novell's indemnification program is designed for enterprise customers of
Linux. Under the program:
* Indemnification is offered for copyright infringement claims
made by third parties against registered Novell customers who
obtain SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 and who after January 13,
2004 obtain upgrade protection and a qualifying technical
support contract from Novell or a participating Novell or SUSE
LINUX channel partner.
* Customers must accept the program terms and conditions including
caps and other limitations.
Additional details on the program are available at
http://www.novell.com/licensing/indemnity.
Novell's Unique Legal Rights
Novell also made available today additional information on the unique
contractual and intellectual property rights it holds because of its
position in the historical ownership chain of UNIX and UnixWare. These
rights include:
* Novell's rights to license UNIX technology pursuant to a
Technology License Agreement between SCO and Novell, including
Novell's right to authorize its customers to use that UNIX
technology in their internal business operations.
* Novell's rights to take action on behalf of SCO under legacy
UNIX SVRX licenses pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement
between SCO and Novell.
* As previously confirmed by Novell, copyright registrations on
UNIX SVRX releases, consistent with Novell's position that it
retained ownership of these copyrights.
Copies of relevant correspondence between Novell and SCO are available
at http://www.novell.com/licensing/indemnity/legal.html. The rights
reflected in these documents are part of the foundation for the
indemnification program Novell is announcing today.
Special Program for Current Linux Users
For those enterprise users of Linux who are not currently Novell SUSE
LINUX customers, Novell will soon announce a special program whereby
they can become Novell SUSE LINUX customers and participate in the
indemnification program.
We believe our new Linux indemnification program, supported by our
unique legal rights, will provide enterprise customers with one more
reason to include Linux in their information technology plans.
Sincerely,
Jack Messman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Novell, Inc.
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