Novells Stone Speaks Out on Ximian, SCO

The vice chairman and open-source backer offers his two cents on the Ximian deal, Novell's future relationship with Microsoft and the latest SCO skirmish.

Just before hopping a plane to jet off to LinuxWorld in San Francisco, Novell vice chairman Chris Stone provided a few quick answers to a few of our questions on Mondays announcements that Novell plans to buy Gnome and Mono developer Ximian — as well as on Red Hats decision to sue SCO. To read Microsoft Watchs interview with Chris Stone, click here.