__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Sunday 27 May 2007 13:17 \__
> "Representatives from the two companies said that Microsoft has opened
> the door for Linux adoption at large companies such as Wal-Mart and
> Nationwide Bank, benefiting the open source community"
>
> "Microsoft is the chief source of Linux business for Novell and the deal
> between the two companies has been a boon for SUSE"
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3abf2p
>
http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/05/24/novell_microsoft_defend_patent_deal_1.html
These companies were /already/ using Linux, IIRC.
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