ZDNet Australia: Sun’s Novel Idea

“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.

“His entire thought process is pretty myopic…”

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