“Novell Inc. announced on Monday a new initiative called the Porting and Migration Network to help customers and partners move existing applications to SUSE Linux. Under the initiative, leading software and hardware vendors, including Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM, Intel Corp., Oracle Corp. and Scali Inc. will work with Novell help their software partners deploy their platforms and solutions on SUSE Linux, according to Novell Inc.” Lack of application compatibility has been one of the drawbacks in the widescale adoption of Linux. This initiative is certainly a move in the right direction. Read the full eweek article here.