This just in via Google News:
Networking software specialist Novell (Quote, Company Info), once a staunch proponent of proprietary software, continued its waltz into the open source sphere Monday with the announcement that it has acquired Ximian, the company behind the GNOME desktop for Linux.
At first glance, I’m having a hard time viewing this as a good thing, but one must remain positive. It’s a good sign that Miguel de Icaza will end up as CTO of Novell. Hopefully the positive energy will flow from Ximian to Novell, and the stagnance of Novell won’t flow back to Ximian.
I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed.