VMware inks OEM deal with Novell for SUSE Linux

“While Novell is a competitor of sorts with VMware when it comes
to server virtualization, pitting its implementations of the Xen
and now KVM hypervisors inside of SUSE Linux 11 against VMware’s
ESX Server stack, Novell has not been afraid to partner with
competitors since Ray Noorda left the company and in fact seems to
prefer so-called “co-opetition” to cut-throat competition. Just
like Citrix Systems, which competes with and partners with
Microsoft to the point where it may as well be a division of
Microsoft.”

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