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Three Takers Named for Microsoft's Linux Support

Posted by Zonk on from the step-right-up dept.

narramissic writes "According to an article on ITworld, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank AG, and AIG Technologies have signed on for Microsoft's technical support for Novell Inc.'s Suse Enterprise Linux. This follows last month's announcement of a deal between Novell and Microsoft that Steve Ballmer described as an effort to 'bridge the divide between open-source and proprietary-source software.' None of the companies cited the price of the support certificates, nor would they say how many they were activating. Even more interesting, Credit Suisse is a brand new cusomter for Novell."

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  1. Microsoft providing Linux Support? by n6kuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a cookbook!

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  2. Great. by marcello_dl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now Novell will have to introduce random behaving bugs in his packages lest the microsoft support guys feel disoriented.

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  3. Masochists. by Bandman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, because Microsoft's Windows support is such a sterling example of quality, I can see where companies would have to be literally fended off with dead chickens from taking this deal.

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  4. Re:itsatrap by Intron · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is like having a Mercedes and have it serviced by Kia.

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  5. Re:And so it begins. by h4rm0ny · · Score: 4, Funny


    So when is /. going to replace the SuSE icon with a stylised thirty pieces of silver?

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  6. They are... by Misch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dewey, Cheetem, and Howe

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