MS and Novell: Relationship ‘exceeding expectations’

“Speaking at an IP Expo seminar in London, Novell’s Microsoft
alliance director Steve Harris and Microsoft’s strategic
partnerships chief Michael Croney said the results of the
virtualisation-centric arrangement had exceeded expectations.

“”Microsoft has sold $220m [£137m] worth of Suse Linux
subscriptions for Novell,” Croney said in the seminar, referring to
the element of the Microsoft-Novell pact whereby Microsoft paid
Novell $240m for subscriptions it intended to resell to its
customers.”

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