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Linux-Watch: Former SUSE President Joins Collax Board

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Sep 13, 2006

“One of the most well-known Linux executives–Richard Seibt, the
former president of SUSE Linux–is back in the Linux business. On
September 12, Seibt joined Collax Inc.’s board of directors.

“After the acquisition of SUSE by Novell Inc. in January 2004,
Seibt served as president of Novell’s operations in Europe, the
Middle East, and Africa. During his tenure, Novell’s SUSE Linux
became the number two Linux distribution trailing only Red Hat’s
Linux. Seibt left Novell in May 2005…”

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