"Novell plans to release a new version of its flagship server Linux product on Tuesday, built around a recent update to the core of the open-source operating system, sources said.
"The Waltham, Mass.-based software company is expected to unveil SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. Novell sells several editions of Linux, but SLES is its prime server product. The most recent version, SLES 8, was released in November 2002; SLES 9 will go on sale Tuesday with an annual maintenance charge of $349 per year for a dual-processor server, sources said..."