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Novell Reportedly Planning Free Apps Store
Apparently it’s aimed mostly at the netbook market
Jun. 15, 2009 10:00 PM
Novell means to create an open source apps store chockablock with free software that can be uploaded in a click, according to PC Pro. The British publication talked to Novell's VP of business development Holger Dryoff. Apparently it's aimed mostly at the netbook market where Novell plans to have a SUSE edition of the open source Moblin operating system near and dear to Intel's heart. Presumably Novell figures the borrowed scheme will advance Moblin's fortunes against Microsoft.
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