Microsoft and Novell Collaborate to Deliver Hybrid Options for High-Performance Computing

02 Jun, 2010, 3:47 pm IST Press Release

Latest initiative targets high-performance computing, empowering customers to balance server workloads using both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Windows HPC Server for greater IT efficiency. More

Dell Signs on With Microsoft, Novell

07 May, 2007, 11:22 am IST AP

Dell has agreed to work with Microsoft and Novell Inc. to make it easier for the Windows OS and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together. More

Microsoft Extends Support to Linux

04 Apr, 2006, 1:18 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Microsoft created ripples with the announcement of the availability of Virtual Server 2005 R2 as a free download and extending its support to Linux vi... More

Microsoft Backs Novell's Linux Platform

03 Nov, 2006, 5:07 pm IST AP

Microsoft has embraced Novell's open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists. More

Red Hat Turns Down Microsoft's Offer

19 Nov, 2006, 12:00 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

Microsoft offers Red Hat a deal similar to its agreement with Novell and is turned down. More

Will Oracle Develop Its Own Linux Distro?

20 Apr, 2006, 12:30 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani Linux

From the looks of Red Hat's acquisition of JBoss it looks we might be now entering an era of consolidation in the Open Source market space. It looks... More

MS Offers Open-Source Document Translator

04 Feb, 2007, 1:00 pm IST Priyanka Pradhan

Microsoft announces its free open-source document translator for Microsoft Word, that can save files in OpenDocument (ODF) format.
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Novell Could be Banned From Selling Linux

05 Feb, 2007, 2:36 pm IST Reuters

The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell's right to sell new versions of Linux OS software after the open-source community criticized Novell for teaming up with Microsoft. More

Linux Body Releases New Standard For Desktops

26 Apr, 2006, 1:45 pm IST Jayesh Mansukhani

In a major move forward today for Linux Desktop Users, The Free Standards Group has released Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3... More