HHS Signs Major Linux Deal With Novell

Posted by Zonk on Friday June 3, 2005 @02:11AM from the dr.-tux dept.

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:And in a couple years worth of acquisitions, by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-03 02:21 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Appearing on slashdot is not really a sign of relevancy.

The big news here is that an existing Novell NetWare customer chose not to move away from Novell. Its not worth getting excited about.