Novell Inc. Chairman and CEO Jack Messman has issued a written
apology and clarification after angering some members of the Linux community when
he called Linux "an immature operating system" in an interview with
Computerworld earlier this week.
Messman made his original remarks in an interview on April 14, when he described
Novell's decision to use Linux as the migration path of the future for its flagship
NetWare network operating system (see story).
While charting the company's direction with Linux in the interview, Messman
called it "immature" because it "hasn't had somebody like Novell
worrying about making it robust, reliable and scalable for very much time. We
think we can bring that to the Linux kernel."
Now, Messman, who was interviewed at this week's Novell BrainShare user and
partner conference in Salt Lake City, has apparently had a change of heart about
his remarks. In a posting on the Linux Weekly News Web site, Messman said he
regretted some of his remarks.
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