[eug-lug] Breaking News for Nzone Members: Novell Acquires SUSE LINUX

2003-11-04 Thread Bob Crandell
This just in, showing ever growing support for open source: Novell Announces Agreement to Acquire Leading Enterprise Linux Technology Company SUSE LINUX Novell today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies, expanding

Re: [eug-lug]Breaking News for Nzone Members: Novell Acquires SUSE LINUX

2003-11-04 Thread jgw
Let's just hope to hell that this goes somewhere. I'm not holding my breath with Novell's recent history, but it would be great if they could rebound with a solid Linux/NDS-based enterprise solution. It would be a win/win situation for everyone. Microsoft's always done its best when it's scared,

Re: [eug-lug]Breaking News for Nzone Members: Novell Acquires SUSE LINUX

2003-11-04 Thread Larry Price
This is IBM operating through a proxy; SUSE already supports most of IBM's server line, IBM and Novell are already fairly close. The only surprising thing is that IBM isn't buying Novell up outright... On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 08:16 AM, jgw wrote: Let's just hope to hell that this goes