SuSE Chief Takes Over Novell Europe
News Richard Seibt, the former chief executive of SuSE Linux, has taken over the European operations of Novell, which acquired the No.seller of Linux in January. Seibt replaces Novell's Gerard Van Kemmel as president of Novell Europe, which handles all...
[February 2, 2004, 12:00]
Microsoft Actions Give Linux 'credibility'
News Microsoft's recent efforts against the Linux operating system only show that the open-source platform is gaining ground, according to Richard Seibt, chief executive of Germany's SuSE Linux. You've got to ask yourself why Steve Ballmer is writing a...
[June 10, 2003, 15:03]
Novell Evangelises Linux In Europe
News Open-source software is picking up steam in European businesses, and Novell is following suit -- perhaps to the extent of releasing some of its own products under open-source licences, according to Novell EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa...
[February 13, 2004, 9:20]
SuSE, SCO Bullish On Profits
News German Linux seller SuSE expects to be profitable in the second quarter of 2004, chief executive Richard Seibt said in an interview on Wednesday. Profitability, a top priority on Seibt's agenda, hasn't been easy for Linux companies to achieve.
[May 29, 2003, 7:35]
Novell: The Future Is 'both-source'
News But shortly after Messman finished justifying Novell's proprietary heritage, Novell's European president Richard Seibt claimed that enterprises should move away from their closed approach to their internal software development and adopt open...
[September 13, 2004, 14:20]
Novell Buys SuSE Linux
News The role of SuSE chief executive Richard Seibt isn't yet clear, but Lowry said Seibt has indicated he plans to stay with Novell. Longtime Microsoft foe Novell has signed an agreement to acquire SuSE Linux for $210m in cash, while IBM, the most...
[November 4, 2003, 12:45]
Norway's Second City Embraces Linux
News Novell EMEA president Richard Seibt, in a recent interview with ZDNet UK, said: "You need one operating system to do that. Seibt, formerly the head of Novell's SuSE Linux business unit and chief executive of SuSE before its takeover by Novell, took...
[June 15, 2004, 15:15]
HP, Novell Do Desktop Linux Deal
News IBM rival Hewlett-Packard is already permitted to load SuSE Linux onto its servers but is now extending the deal to desktop computers, according to Richard Seibt, SuSE's former chief executive and now head of Novell's European operation.
[March 25, 2004, 8:25]
SuSE Aims Linux At Enterprise Desktops
News You can choose Microsoft or Linux," said SuSE chief executive Richard Seibt. Germany's SuSE Linux on Monday will launch new software and a marketing initiative that aim to make it easy for large organisations to migrate their desktops to the Linux...
[June 9, 2003, 7:33]
Dell To Factory-install SuSE Linux
News In 2003, Dell and Novell started working together to help ensure their products worked well for mutual customers, said Richard Seibt, then SuSE's chief executive. Dell is expected to announce a partnership on Wednesday to offer Novell's SuSE Linux...
[October 27, 2004, 8:20]
IBM Adopts Fighting Talk Over SCO Unix Suit
News While we strongly believe that this does not impact Linux, we are concerned that these actions are not in the best interest of customers, partners and the Linux community," SuSE chief executive Richard Seibt said.
[March 10, 2003, 8:21]
Munich Deal Boosts Desktop Linux
News I consider our position as quite good, because we (have been) heavily involved from the beginning," said SuSE chief executive Richard Seibt in an interview on Wednesday. The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers...
[May 29, 2003, 8:14]
SuSE Gets On The Line To Telcos
News Most recently, the company named Richard Seibt as new chief executive. SuSE has introduced a new Linux operating system product geared for telecommunications companies, named several new executives and signed up an advertising agency to elevate the...
[April 29, 2003, 7:50]
Red Hat Sees No Threat In UnitedLinux
News Suse's chief executive Richard Seibt has said he is awaiting your phone call. Q: In a study released late January, [the analyst firm] Meta Group revealed that participants most often mentioned the cost factor as the main argument Linux has going...
[March 5, 2003, 13:12]
Did SCO Open Unix Code?
News Among those arguing that SCO's moves would have made public whatever portions of Unix code may appear in SCO's Linux products -- products it stopped shipping on 14 May -- are Eben Moglen, the attorney for the Free Software Foundation that created...
[June 12, 2003, 8:09]
Novell Reveals Linux Philosophy
News SCO, which now is attacking Linux and its intellectual property foundations, refuses to withdraw from UnitedLinux, Richard Seibt, SuSE's chief executive, said in the press conference. There's no value for us to work in the UnitedLinux corporation...
[January 22, 2004, 8:20]
The Lights Go Out For UnitedLinux
News SuSE's president, Richard Seibt, said on Wednesday that his company will continue to cooperate with the other two UnitedLinux partners, Conectiva in Brazil and Turbolinux in Japan. UnitedLinux, a four-company consortium formed to counterbalance Red...
[January 23, 2004, 16:00]
