LinuxWorld: Market's "Largest Linux Vendor" is Now Novell

"'2004 will be the year of Linux,' says Richard Seibt. As the former CEO of SuSE, now joining Novell to continue managing SUSE LINUX as President, he ought to know.

"'Novell's global sales and support channels provide tremendous new avenues to get Linux--and especially SUSE LINUX--to market,' Seibt explains. 'Leveraging open source in your enterprise just got a whole lot easier,' he adds.

"In a statement made today, Novell reminded the world that there is another Linux show about to drop, in the form of a $50 million injection from IBM now that the SUSE acquisition is complete: the closing of the SUSE LINUX acquisition, the statement said, 'fulfills conditions for the $50 million investment by IBM in Novell announced Nov. 4...'"

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