Western & Southern Life Chooses SUSE Linux Enterprise From Novell
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| Novell today announced that Western & Southern Life, a subsidiary of
| Fortune 500 financial company Western & Southern Financial Group, has
| implemented SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server from Novell(R) in each of its
| branch offices for 25 percent of the cost of an equivalent proprietary
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| solution.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-18-2008/0004776177&EDATE=
They can migrate to Red Hat, Debian or something else later on. At least they
are off the Microsoft hook.
Microsoft +/vs. Novell: The rich irony of then and now
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| In other words, Microsoft engaged in selective interoperability via
| closed "standards," which sounds eerily similar to the interoperability and
| patent scheme that Novell signed up to with Microsoft. Is it OK now that
| Novell gets to dish out the closed "standards" now, with Microsoft's help?
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| [...]
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| Novell took 10 years to dig itself out from Microsoft's last monopolistic
| barrage. Why undergo the same humiliation again? Why not join with the
| industry in forcing Microsoft to play fairly, rather than siding with the
| bully because it's momentarily convenient?
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9896611-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Yesterday:
HP to sell Linux laptops and PCs
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| HP is planning to introduce desktop and laptop computers that come with
| Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system preinstalled.
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| Systems are scheduled to start shipping worldwide in select geographies in
| the second quarter of this year, according to a source familiar with the
| matter. The two vendors will jointly develop software drivers and provide
| support to end-users.
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http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=9835
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