Microsoft, Novell sign joint deal with Renault
BetaNews | at | by Mike
While many deals on operating systems for corporations result in a loss for one side or the other, this case could be seen as a net benefit for both. Instead of Renault switching over to Linux completely, the French car manufacturer will purchase more than 1,000 priority support certificates from Microsoft to use with Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
Renault is consolidating its Linux distributions in order to improve its inoperability and virtualization options. SUSE is a logical choice, since Novell is working so closely with Microsoft through its joint partnership.