HHS Signs Major Linux Deal With Novell

An anonymous reader writes "The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has signed a major deal with Novell to begin rolling out their enterprise server and desktop products on government systems. The contract provides unlimited use of Novell products to about 70,000 at HHS, including about 30,000 NIH users. Under the arrangement Novell is providing to HHS 'unlimited access, upgrade protection and technical support' for products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Open Enterprise Server, Novell Linux Desktop, patch management, and a range of identity-based services for management, integration and security."

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Re:No surprise

[malraid]

underrated? well i would say that novell's business strategy is

1- Create kick ass top of the line technology
2- Hide it as best as possible from customers
3- ????

Hopefully they're making some changes now. I still stand by my opinion that their directory and desktop management software is by far the best in the industry