New Mono Kickstart Program to Provide Support to Developers for Cross-platform
Applications

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providing enterprise -class software and support for commercial and open source
software, Novell delivers increased operating flexibility and choice at a
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About Novell
Novell, Inc.

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novell. *Linux is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds. "The new Novell Validated Configuration
Program is another example that will help HP customers better integrate and
manage their IT resources.com.

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"With support from key hardware and software partners, Novell will
develop , test and validate multiple configurations for different enterprise
needs in security, systems management and more," said David Patrick, vice
president and general manager of Linux, Open Source Platforms and Services for
Novell.

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"Access now to developer support from Novell via Mono Kickstart will
only accelerate the availability of productivity-enhancing, cost-saving and
process-improving applications to users of all kinds. SUSE is a registered
trademark of SUSE AG, a Novell business.

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About Novell
Novell, Inc. With more than 20 years of
experience in data center, workgroup and desktop solutions , Novell's 6,000
employees, 5,000 partners and support centers around the world are meeting
customer requirements for identity-driven computing and Linux solutions. More information about Novell can be found at
http://www.

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registered trademarks of IBM Corporation . Expanding Novell's recently announced data center strategy, the
Novell Validated Configuration Program focuses on several critical business
areas, including security, high availability, virtualization , systems
management and monitoring, and application hosting.

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The Mono project is a
community initiative sponsored by Novell."
"As we talk to Mono users, it has become very clear they want enterprise
developer support from Novell," said Miguel de Icaza, Novell vice president of
engineering and founder of the Mono project. As a result, customers can
smooth deployment of complex, mission critical Linux-based applications.

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Mono is a comprehensive open source development platform based
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NET framework that allows IT and independent software vendor
developers to build Linux* and cross -platform applications (MacOS X*, IBM
S/390* and Sun Solaris*) with unprecedented productivity, using popular
programming languages such as C#, Java* and VB.
"Mono lets us create quality solutions for mixed-platform environments
quicker than ever before," said Scott Waddell, managing partner of
CustomerDNA, a leading provider of relationship marketing software and
services. is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services
to over 50,000 customers in 43 countries. Sun and Solaris are registered
trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Unique Program Speeds Deployment of Complex Linux Solutions at the Heart of
the Enterprise

SALT LAKE CITY, BrainShare(R) 2005, Novell
(Nasdaq: NOVL) today unveiled a new program to further reduce the risk of
deploying complex Linux solutions in data center environments. The Novell(R)
Validated Configuration Program focuses on defining and certifying
multi-application, integrated application and platform stacks on Linux. Each of
these configurations will provide Novell customers with all of the technical
and business details necessary to model and accelerate Linux-based solution
deployments .

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Additional developer support
incidents, server licenses and desktop licenses can be purchased separately . Moving
beyond current industry certification programs, the Novell Validated
Configuration Program addresses an integrated stack when multiple components
must work together in a customer environment . More information about Novell can
be found at http://www.

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Novell Launches Validated Configuration Program for the Data Center

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The Novell Validated Configuration Program develops fully tested, fully
integrated configurations that address enterprise business problems. With more than 20 years of
experience in data center, workgroup and desktop solutions, Novell's
6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers around the world are
meeting customer requirements for identity-driven computing and Linux
solutions.

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As a result of the Mono Kickstart
program, it is now far easier to build and develop applications on Linux and
other platforms, allowing developers to get software to market faster and more
cost effectively.com .
"HP and Novell have been long-time partners in delivering Linux solutions
and open source expertise to help customers mitigate business risk, maximize
return on investment and improve performance," said Efrain Rovira, worldwide
director of Linux marketing at HP.

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By providing enterprise-class software and support for commercial
and open source software , Novell delivers increased operating flexibility and
choice at a lower total cost of ownership.

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The program will also
support high performance computing architectures for large scale transaction
processing environments.

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, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) today
introduced the Mono(R) Kickstart program to provide for the first time
developer support to organizations using Mono for new application development
or migrations.

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Mono Kickstart includes 25 developer support incidents along with one
server or 50 desktop licenses for $12,995. "This is another step in Novell's strategy to increase adoption and
acceptance of Linux at the heart of the enterprise. is a leading provider of infrastructure software and services
to over 50,000 customers in 43 countries.

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Novell Kickstarts Availability of Linux Desktop Applications

"With Mono Kickstart, Mono will
help grow Linux on enterprise desktops even faster as it facilitates the
development of Linux desktop applications.