The identity and
access management solution provided by Novell helps us stay ahead of the
curve .

About X-IT Products, LLC vs. Growing Community of Contributors, Soaring Numbers of New Registered SUSE
Linux Installations and Contributions Demonstrate Strong Interest and Support

BARCELONA , Spain, (BrainShare(R) 2005),
openSUSE.org, demonstrates
that Novell is committed to making Linux more accessible and relevant to
non-technical users and technical users alike.org. delivers software for the open enterprise.com .

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Novell Helps Catholic Healthcare West Strengthen Security and Compliance Initiatives Reduce Costs

"We simply had to consolidate identity management or we would
see a huge increase in time spent managing regulatory issues.org, an open source Linux* project sponsored by Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL)
and launched in early August, is off to a strong start, generating extensive
interest and support from both the development community and end users. These builds have been
downloaded and installed more than 12,000 times.

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Susan Heystee, president of Novell Americas, said, "In healthcare,
disparate applications can easily number into the hundreds, and an integrated
approach to security and identity management is crucial. More information about Novell can be found at
http: //www. "The investment that Novell is making in its work on
usability is proof that it understands that there's still work to do in
helping Linux cross the divide between the technically savvy and those users
who just want to use software to make them more productive. in the United States and
other countries.

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The company sold its assets in 2003 to a competitor of
Ticketmaster . Already, there are more than 4,500 registered members at
openSUSE.org. *Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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Season Ticket also contends that Ticketmaster interfered in its
relationship with the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as with
other professional sports leagues and teams , which expressed interest
in licensing Season Ticket software, but ceased negotiations at
Ticketmaster 's request.

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With a Linux and open
source strategy, Catholic Healthcare West is implementing redundant systems
faster and at a lower cost than with propriety platforms. X-IT was awarded $116 million from Walter Kidde
Portable Equipment by a jury in 2001.

This, combined
with the impressive early participation numbers at openSUSE.0. Increasingly, questions are being asked and answered
by this community, fostering a dialogue that will help improve the quality of
both the project and the distribution.

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A solid disaster recovery
strategy is also an integral part of HIPAA compliance. The patent-pending software platforms allowed season ticket
holders to manage tickets online, conduct online ticket exchanges and
enabled national sports franchises to legally resell returned tickets
using bar-coded technology.

About Novell
Novell, Inc.

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One month later, Ticketmaster
notified the company that the purchase would not proceed.
TeamExchange and GroupManager are now part of the core
Ticketmaster software platform and have been sold to numerous
professional sports teams, including: the New York Knicks, New York
Giants, New York Rangers, Phoenix Suns, Utah Jazz , San Antonio Spurs,
Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Angels, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers,
Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. To facilitate public review, the openSUSE
project team has already made five beta or pre-release builds of SUSE Linux
10.0 available to the public in the last month .org wiki,
creating more than 100 additional Web pages and almost doubling the site's
content since its launch.

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"
Season Ticket invested millions of dollars and three years in the
development of its unique technology solutions, STS Exchange and STS
Group. With the Novell-sponsored launch of a
full-featured openSUSE site for China, openSUSE.

NOTE: Novell is a registered trademark; BrainShare is a registered
servicemark; and SUSE is a trademark of Novell, Inc.

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, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) today
announced that Catholic Healthcare West, a 9,500-bed hospital system, has
implemented a Novell(R) solution to increase security and strengthen its
compliance initiatives.com . Based on the results
of similar cases, such as X-IT versus Walter Kidde Portable Equipment,
Season Ticket will seek damages exceeding $100 million at trial.
"Novell is absolutely right to focus on growing the user base for Linux
beyond the established technical community," said Gary Barnett, research
director at OVUM.opensuse.

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Ultimately, an
enterprise-wide strategy that supports a staged implementation to identity
management will help leverage and secure existing applications and enterprise
resources . With more than
50,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell helps customers manage, simplify,
secure and integrate their technology environments by leveraging
best-of-breed, open standards-based software . in the United States and other
countries. Soon
thereafter, Ticketmaster announced TeamExchange and GroupManager,
which were nearly identical to Season Ticket's STS Exchange and STS
Group."
Through the openSUSE project, the community of Linux developers,
designers, writers and users can leverage the existing SUSE Linux 9. With over
50,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell helps customers manage, simplify,
secure and integrate their technology environments by leveraging best -of-
breed, open standards-based software.

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server has improved performance for several
mission-critical systems, while reducing hardware costs and server
administration time by a significant 25 percent.

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$100 Million Lawsuit Alleges Ticketmaster Stole Technology and
Interfered with Pending Customer Contracts

Ticket Innovations, Inc.
"The community's initial response to openSUSE.

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Catholic Healthcare West IT staff can now conduct timely audits to
track who is accessing information and when -- an important component to
complying with HIPAA regulations.
"This is a case of David vs .

Open Source Community Embracing Novell's openSUSE project

As a result, the openSUSE project
has developed significant momentum toward achieving its goals of increased
global adoption of Linux and development of the world's most usable Linux.
The openSUSE project is fast becoming an international effort.

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"
With Novell, identity information is managed centrally across applications
running on multiple platforms including Windows*, multiple versions of UNIX*
and Linux*. All other
third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners., Usherp LLC and Season
Perks, Inc.

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Season Ticket alleges that
Ticketmaster used confidential information, gathered during an aborted
sale of the company to Ticketmaster, to develop its TeamExchange and
GroupManager products. The company was founded in 2000 through
the mergers of Season Ticket Networks, Inc.

X-IT, a small company that invented an emergency escape ladder,
successfully brought a suit against home safety market leader Walter
Kidde Portable Equipment.

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5 million
by deploying Novell's SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server for a more flexible,
open environment. With over 20 years of
experience, more than 5,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers
around the world, Novell helps customers gain control over their IT operating
environment while reducing cost.

"We trust the court and jury will agree that
Ticketmaster breached a non-disclosure agreement, interfered with
Season Ticket 's existing and pending clients and unlawfully developed
and marketed competitive products that were based on Season Ticket's
technology. Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc.

referencing filings

novell.

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novell. Shortly thereafter, Ticketmaster executed a term sheet to
purchase the company and conducted two months of due diligence, which
included extensive review of the company's technology, financials,
customer contracts and patents pending.
The community is also directly contributing to the openSUSE.

On Thursday afternoon, 6 March 2003, The SCO Group filed a lawsuit against International Business Machines , IBM, Big Blue, over Linux for at least $1 billion, charging IBM misappropriated (stole) Unix trade secrets from SCO to build its presence in the Linux software business, interfered with SCO's business , breached their SCO contract, and competed unfairly.

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The organization centralized identity management with
Novell Identity Manager 3 to ensure only authorized users have access to
patient data in accordance with HIPAA regulations, reducing administration
time by 70 percent.
"We are alleging that Ticketmaster destroyed the value of a
promising young competitor by offering to buy it and then illegally
copying its proprietary technology," said Tagg Romney, co-founder of
Season Ticket.

With more than 20 years of experience,
Novell's 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers around the world
help customers to gain control over their IT operating environment while
reducing cost.

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"

About Novell
Novell, Inc."
In August 2001, Ticketmaster entered into a mutual non-disclosure
agreement with Season Ticket as part of its evaluation to purchase the
company .0.

Many articles, and a boycott of SCO by open source supporters resulted.

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NOTE: Novell , and SUSE are registered trademarks and Software for the
Open Enterprise is a trademark of Novell , Inc. "Ticketmaster took advantage of a relatively unknown
company by replicating its intellectual property.

About Ticket Innovations, Inc.

Ticket Innovations, Inc.3
distribution and participate in the creation of the next version of the
distribution, SUSE Linux 10.

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The hospital system also anticipates saving $1. delivers Software for the Open Enterprise(TM)., doing business as Season Ticket
Solutions, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against
Ticketmaster for breach of a non-disclosure agreement and
misappropriation of trade secrets. The start-up founders sued the corporation
after their patent pending technology was stolen during the due
diligence process.org, representing a broad cross section of the technology community,
including students, IT professionals from major corporations, open source
developers and long-time Linux enthusiasts . The project
has already received numerous user requests to translate some or all of the
online content into local languages.org has been tremendous, but
this is only the beginning," said David Patrick, vice president and general
manager, Linux, Open Source Platforms and Services at Novell . All other
third-party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Season Ticket Files Suit against Ticketmaster

Community members have
already reported more than 500 bugs to the openSUSE project, which immediately
helped to improve the total quality of SUSE Linux 10. "Our goal is to
help users succeed with a stabilized Linux distribution that they can use for
their everyday computing needs."
For more information on the openSUSE project, please visit:
http://www.

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"We operate in a highly regulated environment where the requirements are
always changing," said Eric Leader, chief technology architect at Catholic
Healthcare West. * Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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Novell Identity Manager and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Fortify Security and
Regulatory Compliance Infrastructure

WALTHAM, Mass. Goliath," said Joel Milne, co-founder
of Season Ticket., doing business as Season Ticket
Solutions, is a technology company that supplied professional sports
leagues and teams, multi-use venues and corporations with software
platforms used to distribute, manage and market season tickets via
league and/or team Web sites. Within
the first few weeks, registered installations of the SUSE(TM) Linux
distribution have soared to more than 5,000 per day, with a copy downloaded
every 18 seconds.cn, in mid August , the
fast growing Chinese open source community is directly participating in the
creation of a global Linux distribution for the first time. More information about Novell can be found at
http: //www.