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WLUG Meeting - [Novell] and Linux

Guest speaker: __Paul Kangro__,%%%
Asia-Pacific Solutions Manager%%%
Novell

Quick Overview of topics Paul covered:
* government requirements for non-proprietary file formats (India, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, ...)
* "[TCO]" arguments (Robert Francis Group study - Linux 55.9% cheaper TCO than Windows, 87.3% cheaper than [Solaris])
* lots of demand for Linux OperatingSystem support and maintenance
* hardware vendors wanting commercial support

Desktop stuff:
* Novell Linux Desktop (based on [SUSE] 9)
** no vendor lock-in
** reduced licensing costs
* YAST (configuration tool) open sourced
* Ximian bought by Novell
** Mono - (Spanish for "monkey")
* [Evolution]2 - MS Exchange Connector open sourced
* NetWare-style filesystem permissions - policies/views
* CrossoverOffice
* Novell's eDirectory on linux

iFolder
* transparently do incremental backups of directories
* client-server model - ease of syncing/restoring
* version 3 written in Mono using Eclipse

Thanks to Paul for an interesting presentation!




7pm, 23rd Sept
University of Waikato
Room: [LitB]

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