MS and Novell: Relationship 'exceeding expectations'

Oct 09, 2009, 12:02 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by David Meyer)

"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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