Microsoft and Novell have extended their interoperability agreement for server operating systems.
Outspoken chief executive officer Larry Ellison believes the company needs its own operating system to match the competition, and has admitted he considered buying Suse Linux owner, Novell.
Novell hopes companies that deserted it for Microsoft in the nineties may come back to the fold following its acquisition of SuSE.
Mandriva is the latest Linux distributor to spurn Microsoft's advances for a patent deal, claiming it was not necessary to pay "protection money" to the software giant.
The French Education Ministry is deploying thousands of Red Hat Linux-based servers while Germany is moving 40 percent of its university students to Suse Linux.
Novell is integrating its two major Linux acquisitions, SuSE Linux and Ximian, in a move to bring enterprises back on board.
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Former Ximian chief executive David Patrick, now a general manager at Novell, says the Office productivity suite is the key to breaking Microsoft's hold on the desktop.
Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.
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Despite combining the heritage of Mandrakesoft and Connectiva, Mandriva is usually considered a second-tier Linux distribution. Nevertheless, the latest version, Mandriva Linux 2006, is well packaged and includes support for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.
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