[snip] > As far as IBM bailing out SUSE, that was also another first. They were > the first of the majors to approach bankruptcy, I would hedge bets that > if Mandrakesoft was the first approaching Bankruptcy, then IBM may well > have bailed out Mandrake and SUSE would be declaring Chapter 11 style > bankruptcy now. It was IBM's interest that Linux appear strong Or it could be a strategic decision by IBM to back SuSe since Germany does not have a Chapter 11-type regulation while France does...
[snip] Guy Bormann
