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Microsoft renews $100m Linux deal with Suse

The Linux-Windows server interoperability pact, originally struck between Microsoft and Novell five years ago, will now run until the start of 2016 Read more

26 July, 2011 by David Meyer

HP, Novell do desktop Linux deal

BrainShare: Novell has announced an expansion of its relationship with HP, and a SuSE Linux servers deal with IBM Read more

25 March, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Sun announces desktop Linux deal, Opteron integration

Comdex: Scott McNealy announces a major Linux desktop deal with China and the integration of Opteron into Sun's server family Read more

18 November, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Linspire Linux deal 'worse than Novell

Microsoft's patent agreement with the Linux distributor shuts out GPLv3 and makes Linspire unsuitable for business, claims legal expert Read more

23 July, 2007 by David Meyer

LinuxIT signs SME Linux deal

Red Hat has teamed up with the managed-services firm to help inexperienced SMEs towards open source Read more

13 March, 2006 by Jo Best

UK government signs Linux deal

The public sector's online purchasing system is to be underpinned by Linux, in a move that may provide a boost for the open-source technology Read more

4 April, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Red Hat, IBM expand Linux deal

Red Hat will bring its top-end version of Linux to all four of IBM's server lines. The deal should help simplify IBM's complex server line Read more

16 September, 2002 by Stephen Shankland

Informix signs Linux deal with Red Hat

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10 November, 1999 by silicon.com staff

Novell tackles mainframe Linux issues

...it claims is the first mainframe Linux. Despite Novell's widely publicised Linux deal with Microsoft, IBM is Novell's biggest strategic partner worldwide, said... Read more

1 February, 2008 by Peter Judge

Mainframe Linux going from strength to strength?

...biggest partner - even after the much-publicised boost Novell got from its Linux deal with Microsoft. That deal, you will remember, got Novell $100 million... Read more

1 February, 2008

Linux throws Novell a lifeline

The business-software firm hopes reinvention around Linux will make up for a shrinking NetWare customer base Read more

5 November, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

Sources: AOL not bidding for Red Hat

AOL might not be about to buy Red Hat, but it will have to find some way of getting around Microsoft's desktop operating system advantage, say analysts Read more

22 January, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

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