Novell Inc. appears to have taken up the cause of Linux evangelism on behalf of the IT industry. The company frequently comments on all things Linux. At the same time it seeks to carve a Linux place for itself in the operating system space, which includes Microsoft Corp. and a host of Unix vendors like Sun Microsystems Inc. In North America
Novell Inc. says it is continuing its push for open platform computing with the release of new systems management and collaboration offerings for Linux. Last month at its Brainshare user conference in Salt Lake City, the vendor introduced Zenworks 7, a new version of its systems management product.