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Red Hat CEO on Microsoft-Novell Deal

VE3OGG writes "The Seattle PI is running an interesting blurb from the Red Hat CEO on the current Novell-Microsoft deal that has been so lately lamented. According to Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik, the deal is 'old news.' 'Those were existing accounts and there is at least one of them that I can speak definitely that is also a Red Hat account,' Szulik said. 'So those were older engagements and we were not involved in competitive situations with those two or three years ago when they became Novell accounts.' The common client that Szulik speaks of would likely be Credit Suisse. The story also makes mention that while Deutsche Bank's chief technology officer, Clemens Jochum, praised the deal, the firm has been an early investor in SUSE from the beginning."

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  1. Novell... who? by NewToNix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't they used to be a Linux company?

  2. Re:It's too late to close the barn door by 0racle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Too bad you didn't keep looking and had to settle for a Linux desktop.

    :P

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    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."