Novell expands Microsoft alliance with China deal
April 21, 2008 By Hiawatha Bray (Boston Globe)
Linux software vendor Novell Inc. of Waltham is expanding its alliance with Microsoft Corp. into China, in a bid to encourage Chinese companies to start paying for the software they use to run their businesses.
Three Chinese firms - People's Insurance Company of China, The Dairy Farm Co., and Dawning Information Industry Co. - will purchase from Microsoft three-year licenses for Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server software.








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