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IBM Invests $50M in Novell, May Ship SUSE Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the big-deals dept.

dave writes "Novell announced that it has finalized a $50 million investment from IBM, and that IBM can now begin shipping SUSE Linux on all IBM server platforms. Historically, IBM has been a 'Red Hat shop,' and one has to wonder if this is a harbinger of things to come."

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  1. Finally! Linux on the desktop? :) by jarich · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    For how many years has it been the Year of Linux on the Desktop?

    IBM might finally make this happen!

    I don't mean to degrade the contributions of the countless people who laid the foundation, but this is ~huge~!

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    Agile Artisans
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