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IBM And Intel Help Rescue SuSE From Insolvency

Posted by timothy on from the bread-gets-buttered dept.

mutantcamel writes: "A report on NetworkFusion states that SuSE has avoided insolvency thanks to a fresh round of investment that raised $45.5 million for the ailing company. IBM and Intel are among the players that have announced their support for the company. The rescue package comes after quite a turbulent time at SuSE HQ, but the company seems optimistic about the future."

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  1. Suse is bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It uses installation that is closed. Why not get a real distro like Debian?

  2. Intel isn't all that great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
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  3. Too Bad... by kfs27 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    too bad IBM tried to save them...

    if SuSe goes belly up, than IBM would probably move to Debian as it's official Distro and help with the RS/6000 port...

    drats...

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  4. IBM and Linux by Alien54 · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    With IBM haviong said that they would put One Billion dollars usian into Linux, what's a measely 45 million dollar in the mix?

    I figure they probably what to keep as much diversity as possible going. So IBM makes sense in a way.

    But what about Intel? I'm not up to speed on their involvement.

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