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Novell Users Eye Linux for Kernel Swap - Mixed OS offering prompts varied plans
(By Carol Sliwa)

Two weeks after Novell Inc. released software that lets users run its stack of computing services on either the NetWare or Linux kernel, members of the NetWare faithful cited widely varying plans for migrating their servers to Linux.


Some attendees at the software vendor’s BrainShare user conference here said they’re in no rush to move to SUSE Linux, the distribution of the open-source operating system that Novell acquired in January 2004. But others are starting to dabble with Linux, and some are eager to take the plunge right away.

Once Novell was behind (Linux), it was an easy decision,” said Roger Fenner,
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