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Gateway Forges Partnership With SuSE

Posted by simoniker on from the everyone's-hooking-up-this-morning dept.

Zardus writes "According to Forbes, Gateway has named SuSE a "strategic partner" and will be offering SuSE Linux on all of their servers. I always thought SuSE would be a nice name for a cow, but I guess I'll have to settle with it being the OS of a spotted server." The article notes: "SuSE has long sought a greater presence in the United States, where rival Red Hat has taken the lead in selling Linux server software to businesses."

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  1. Good for Suse... by wankledot · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Too bad that Gateway is just about the last vendor I would buy a server from. Maybe I'm just replying on some prejudices of mine, but does gateway make decent server hardware?

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  2. What about Novell? by bc90021 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    As Novell agreed to acquire Suse how will this affect that agreement? Doesn't this mean that Gateway will be offering Novell Suse Linux on their servers?

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  3. 64 bit? by boristdog · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How does Gateway square it's no AMD policy with SuSe's 64-bit x86 Linux versions? Will Gateway once again be forced to supply a decent processor?

  4. Gateway? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Interesting
    this is interesting. Gateway has seen flat sales and quarterly losses recently. They've fired most of their workforce and have their PC building outsourced. They've recently bet the farm on flat-screen TVs.


    VA Linux wasn't able to make a profit selling linux servers... I don't know why Gateway would. I think of Gateway as a PC for a first-time buyer, inexpensive, but higher quality than an HP, Compaq, or eMachines.


    I think there's more to this story than is currently being revealed.

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