Just got this from our Novell rep.... looks like MS found a way to unload all the Suse licenses they bought, haha. As much as people hate the MS/Novell pact, i have to say that it is interesting. Five years ago, if someone told me that MS would soon be a Linux reseller, i would have laughed. Perhaps in the next 5 years we'll see "MS Office for Linux"?
ray ------------------------------ Dell Joins Microsoft and Novell Collaboration Dell responds to customer demand for greater interoperability and intellectual property assurance between Windows and Linux. Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced that Dell Inc. is the first major systems provider to join the business collaboration that was formed by Microsoft and Novell in response to customer demand for greater interoperability and intellectual property (IP) assurance. As part of the agreement, Dell will purchase SUSE? Linux* Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft and establish a services and marketing program to migrate existing Linux users who are not Dell Linux customers to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. More information about the Microsoft and Novell agreement, including other customer announcements, can be found at http://www.moreinterop.com.
