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IBM Backing Novell's Push Toward Linux; Blow To Microsoft, Red Hat.(A)
Byline: KEN SPENCER BROWN
With Novell Inc.'s stock up 21% and rival Red Hat Inc. down 12% on news of Novell's acquisition of German Linux developer SuSE on Tuesday, it's almost too easy to pick out the deal's winners and losers. Almost.
The stocks of Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. changed little, but many see them as the real contenders in Linux's steady attack on the Microsoft Windows platform.
That battle will take years to play out. But analysts say the latest move gives Linux a boost.
As part of Novell's $210 million purchase, IBM is paying $50 million for a 2%-or-so stake in Novell. It's the latest in IBM's promised $1 billion investment in Linux and another step in the renegade operating system's journey to the mainstream.
Novell officials say the SuSE acquisition backs up its August purchase of Ximian, making it possible to tie its Linux-based desktop, server and networking software products.
Ximian makes Linux software designed to run on desktop PCs, a market dominated by Microsoft's Windows. SuSE makes Linux-based software geared toward servers, computers used to store and send e-mail, Web pages and files.
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