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Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell
November 2, 2006
Former software foes pledge to work together to help Windows world and Linux world interoperate. Video: Ballmer outlines Novell dealPhoto: Shaking hands on Linux
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Novell credits Microsoft for soaring Linux sales
September 28, 2007
The creator of the Suse distribution says its Linux sales have grown by 243 percent, largely due to a partnership with Microsoft.
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Real to plug Windows media support into Linux
August 15, 2006
Will release open-source software that lets Windows video and audio format files play on a Linux computer.
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Novell vows to keep fighting Microsoft 'juggernaut'
February 15, 2007
Despite an alliance with Microsoft, Novell's chief says he's "excited by the muted reaction to Vista."
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Microsoft and Novell's bridge to Linux
November 7, 2006
Longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source OS along with Windows.
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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Novell hopes its next desktop will leapfrog Windows
March 9, 2006
Company says its next Linux desktop will be more usable than desktop products anywhere else on the market.
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Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat
November 3, 2006
New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too.
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Ushering in a new era of angst at Microsoft
April 11, 2006
Desktop Linux has finally turned into the real deal--and that can only mean real headaches for Microsoft, says Jon Oltsik.
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Novell: Linux desktop set to take off
April 10, 2006
Novell President Ron Hovsepian believes the market for Linux on desktops will become ripe in the next 12 to 18 months.
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Linux fans ready to burn rubber
May 24, 2007
The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend.
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Microsoft signs technology pact with Linspire
June 14, 2007
Users of the Linux operating system will get patent protection and access to updated Windows Media technology.
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Mandriva latest to reject Microsoft
June 22, 2007
Company follows other Linux distributors in publicly spurning Microsoft's interest in a patent protection agreement.
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Microsoft, Novell talk up 'meat' of technical collaboration
February 12, 2007
The two companies vow to optimize virtualization servers and directories, with an interoperability and testing lab planned.
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Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time
November 7, 2006
newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.
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Novell offers faster virtualized Windows
February 12, 2007
Novell and Intel develop software that speeds Xen's ability to run Windows as a virtual machine.
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Microsoft patent peace--or patent war?
November 3, 2006
By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm?
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Week in review: Seismic shifts
November 3, 2006
Between the Microsoft-Novell deal, and a call for a less U.S.-centric Internet, major change appears on the tech world's horizon.
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Red Hat rains on Xen parade
July 31, 2006
Xen open-source virtualization isn't stable enough to use yet, even though Novell is shipping it, a top Red Hat exec says.
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Year in review: Microsoft goes 'Live,' pushes Vista
December 21, 2006
The long slog to Windows Vista neared the finish line, and the company had to begin contemplating life without Bill Gates.
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