Microsoft to officially support Suse Linux as alternative to Windows

[Darth Garth]

1) Under a technical cooperation agreement, Novell and Microsoft will work together in three primary areas to deliver new solutions to customers: virtualization, web services management and document format compatibility.

2) Under a patent cooperation agreement, Microsoft and Novell provide patent coverage for their respective customers, giving customers peace of mind regarding intellectual property issues.

3) Under a business cooperation agreement, Novell and Microsoft are committing to dedicate marketing and sales resources to promote joint solutions.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2369

 

[mancombseepgood]

Hmm

M$ and Novell to work together? I remember very well what happened the last time they tried
Hopefully Novell can bite back...

This is interesting news... do or die for M$ IMO - they must be feeling the pinch, or just had enough of the number of server users that have migrated...

Or... see what happens when uncle bill leaves M$

On the other hand, this could be kind of like Telkom signing an agreement with Neotel....

 

[lilDeath]

Bill has sorta left MS. Not much he is doing there anymore. He is just an overseer and handing stuff over... actually wanting to make sure it doesn't go legs-up when he is gone

Also, the numbers of server migrations to MS is actually in the positive. Specially on the DB side.