[clug] Is Novell-SuSE deal a brilliant Big Blue power play?

[Michael.James at csiro.au]

Thinking from IBM's position, they have a big investment in Linux
 and corporate customers want certainty (or indemnity) against SCO.

Now there is one company on earth that SCO can't touch...
Hmmm, if only Novell had a linux distro...
Bingo, now they do.  Suse's immune.

OK, that's the SCO threat diluted out of existence,
 IBM can get back to Linux as usual.

Are they pleased?  $50M says yes,
 better investment than buying the rats off,
 now let them freeze on the sidelines.
 
It's better argued here:
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/novell_suse.html

Being immune could give Suse a huge boost in the corporate world,
 I just hope they continue to develope the desktop and support the small user.

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