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Microsoft To Buy $100M More SUSE Support Vouchers

Posted by timothy on from the whole-lot-of-sweetness dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft will buy and resell up to another $100 million worth of enterprise support subscriptions for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system. Two years ago, Microsoft agreed to buy and resell $240 million worth of the vouchers. Susan Hauser, general manager of strategic partnerships and licensing at Microsoft, confirmed that some of the subscription vouchers were sold to customers for less than face value, though none were given away for free."

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  1. Why? by ShieldW0lf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would you buy Linux support from MS? You would think you'd get better support buying it from, oh, a lemonade stand perhaps?

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    1. Re:Why? by Giometrix · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why would you buy Linux support from MS? You would think you'd get better support buying it from, oh, a lemonade stand perhaps?

      Because Microsoft is know for excellent support?

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    2. Re:Why? by SlipperHat · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why would you buy Linux support from MS? You would think you'd get better support buying it from, oh, a lemonade stand perhaps?

      Because Microsoft is know for excellent support?

      No, because Microsoft is known for its high quality lemons.