Novell expects to sell 250,000 units of new Linux Desktop - Argentina

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US software firm Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) expects to sell 250,000 units of its new Novell Linux Desktop in the next 12 months in Argentina, the first Latin American country where the company has launched the new solution, according to Novell southern region channel and alliances manager Gonzalo Pérez.

"This is the first launching of the product and we expect to expand its coverage to Uruguay within 15-20 days, where we have already tested the products, and to Chile within a month," he added.

Novell Linux Desktop includes Linux operating system and the most recent version of OpenOffice.Org, an office tools package with all basic applications, plus internet connectivity and multimedia capabilities. The product is offered under an alliance with US chip manufacturer Intel (NYSE: INTC).

"With this solution, Novell is offering Linux operating system over machines assembled in Argentina. By paying a lower price for the operating system, we are offering users the chance to use that money on a better PC," Pérez said.

"They say users buy a PC with Linux operating system in order to pay less for the PC but within 48 hours they format the hard drive and install an illegal version of another operating system. Particularly, with this announcement we want to break the 48-hour barrier," he added.

To this end, the company is also offering Novell Linux Desktop technical support by telephone for 90 days, a user's manual in Spanish and e-learning classes on all products installed in the PC.

Novell has shown particular interest in the Linux world, a segment experiencing exponential growth. For the fiscal year ending October 2005, the company expects sales of its open source solutions to grow 70-90%, according to previous reports.

"We started our focus on the Linux segment 3-5 years ago offering multiplatform solutions. Then, Novell acquired Linux solutions providers Simean and Suse. The growth is notorious and there is an entire community giving support to this platform including Novell, IBM and HP," he added.

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