Novell

Business type

OS Software

Service/product description

Novell, Inc. is a global software and services company specializing in enterprise operating systems, such as SUSE Linux Enterprise and Novell NetWare; identity, security, and systems management solutions; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise and Novell Pulse.

What does 'openness' mean in this case?

The Novell Developer’s Community serves as a work space for developers to come and build upon or modify freely one of their enterprise systems, the SUSE Linux Enterprise.

http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Developer_Home