Microsoft to pay Novell $240M ... or $308M ... or something
WinInfo | at | by Mike
This week, conflicting reports state that Microsoft will pay Novell at least $240 million in upfront payments as part of the recent Microsoft/Novell collaboration toward Windows and Linux interoperability. The money will net Microsoft 350,000 Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server support and maintenance coupons, which Microsoft will presumably use to wallpaper the reception area of the company store in Redmond. And maybe I'm reading too much into this news, but isn't this one of the biggest Linux deals of all time?