Three Takers Named for Microsoft's Linux Support

narramissic writes "According to an article on ITworld, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank AG, and AIG Technologies have signed on for Microsoft's technical support for Novell Inc.'s Suse Enterprise Linux. This follows last month's announcement of a deal between Novell and Microsoft that Steve Ballmer described as an effort to 'bridge the divide between open-source and proprietary-source software.' None of the companies cited the price of the support certificates, nor would they say how many they were activating. Even more interesting, Credit Suisse is a brand new cusomter for Novell."

Microsoft providing Linux Support?

[n6kuy]

It's a cookbook!

Great.

[marcello_dl]

Now Novell will have to introduce random behaving bugs in his packages lest the microsoft support guys feel disoriented.

Re:And so it begins.

[n6kuy]

Ballmer: "Can you squeal like a pig?"

Masochists.

[Bandman]

Yes, because Microsoft's Windows support is such a sterling example of quality, I can see where companies would have to be literally fended off with dead chickens from taking this deal.

Re:Why? - Credit Suisse in particular

[LDAPMAN]

What your missing is that this is even better. MS sold them Novells support.

Re:itsatrap

[Intron]

This is like having a Mercedes and have it serviced by Kia.

Re:And so it begins.

[h4rm0ny]

So when is /. going to replace the SuSE icon with a stylised thirty pieces of silver?

They are...

[Misch]

Dewey, Cheetem, and Howe

In other news...

[mangu]

...Joe "the Butcher" Provoloni said "it's not our fault if those guys paid for protection they don't actually need".

Re:itsatrap

[npsimons]

This is like having a Mercedes and have it serviced by Kia.

Naw, I like Neal Stephenson's analogy [cryptonomicon.com], because then it would be like having an M1 tank, made of space-age materials and jammed with sophisticated technology from one end to the other, that's been modified in such a way that it never, ever breaks down, is light and maneuverable enough to use on ordinary streets, and uses no more fuel than a subcompact car, and taking it to a station wagon car company to have it serviced.

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Re:Microsoft providing Linux Support?

[rbanffy]

It's wonderful to hang out at slashdot. Where else would people get this joke?

Cause nobody can support LInux like...

[Anonymous Coward]

a room full of MCSEs....

Re:And so it begins.

[Hooya]

you misspelled Douche Bank.