• Link - Novell CEO: "The number one thing we need on Linux is applications"

During a speech to a Linux audience on the necessity of "standardizing" Linux, Novell President and CEO Ron Hovsepian continues the thought expressed above by saying, 

"We need the software vendors to have their footprints on Linux. On Windows, application availability is their biggest advantage."

He seems to be talking about the Microsoft model of standardization, that is by being the one and only application.

But are talking about the same operating system ?  Are we talking about the same OS that inspired applications such as Open Office, Apache, XAMPP, Eclipse, Abiword, Nvu, Dia, etc. etc., plus about 100 neat little GTK+ applications ?

I think the biggest problem with all these applications may be that they are high quality, free ... and run on Windows platforms too !