ZDNet Australia: Sun's Novel Idea Aug 6, 2004, 01 :45 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (4607 reads) (Other stories by Fran Foo)
"Sun could have bought SuSE last November but was outmanoeuvred by Novell, which has a current market capitalisation of $2.6 billion. Is Sun now compensating for its folly?
"'If you're an IBM customer, you've probably received (or should prepare to receive) the pitch from IBM incenting you to move off Red Hat to SuSE--it's clear they're worried that Red Hat's lock on customers is divorcing IBM from their customer relationships,' Schwartz said.