“Hewlett-Packard and international open source group SuSE Linux
are expanding their alliance that calls for HP to resell and
support SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, powered by open source
consortium UnitedLinux, on HP’s ProLiant servers with Itanium-based
servers.“The companies said the relationship would help provide
customers a single point of purchase, support and maintenance for
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, while at the same time making SuSE
Linux a preferred vendor for HP.“The alliance means HP plans to resell, market and support the
new SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on its HP ProLiant servers. The
computer systems vendor also plans to ship its ProLiant servers
preloaded with Enterprise Server 8, and plans to provide support
for customers, along with support organizations backed by SuSE
engineering and product maintenance teams. In addition, HP and SuSE
said they would collaborate on extending the services to Itanium
2-based HP server customers…”
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