IBM's Investment in Novell

First Linux Operating System to Earn Evaluation Assurance Level EAL3+ Certification Companies Also Reach Common Operating Environment (COE) Standard Necessary for Command and Control Operations NEW YORK - IBM and Novell's SUSE LINUX business unit today announced they had achieved new levels of security and operations certification for SUSE that will further enable the adoption of Linux by governments, as well as the Department of Defense for critical command-and-control operations. SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 with Service Pack 3 on IBM eServers has achieved Controlled Access Protection Profile compliance under The Common Criteria for Information Security Evaluation (CC), commonly referred to as CAPP/EAL3+. This represents a major expansion from last August, when IBM and SUSE announced they had achieved the first ever security certification for Linux. At that time, EAL2+ certification was announced for IBM's eServer xSeries line. Today's CAPP/EAL3+ achiev...

LINDON, Utah -- The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX® operating system and a leading provider of UNIX-based solutions, today filed suit against Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) for its alleged bad faith effort to interfere with SCO's rights with respect to UNIX and UnixWare®. Among the allegations in the suit: Novell has improperly filed copyright registrations in the United States Copyright Office for UNIX technology covered by SCO's copyrights. Novell has made false and misleading public claims that it, and not SCO, owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights. Novell has made false statements with the intent to cause customers and potential customers to not do business with SCO. Novell has attempted, in bad faith, to block SCO's ability to enforce its copyrights. Novell's false and misleading representations that it owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights has caused SCO irreparable harm to its copyrights, its business, and its reputation. The lawsuit, file...

PROVO, Utah — Novell today completed its acquisition of SUSE LINUX, a combination that brings global technical support, consulting and training services and industry-leading networking and security to Linux, and provides a compelling alternative for companies wishing to leverage the many benefits of open source. Novell now offers a full range of enterprise solutions on the Linux platform, from the server to the desktop. The closing of the $210 million cash deal also opens the door for completion of the $50 million investment of IBM in Novell announced November 4. "Combining Novell's global presence and deep knowledge of enterprise software with SUSE LINUX's powerful technology makes Novell one of the strongest options for enterprise Linux literally overnight," said Jack Messman, chairman and CEO of Novell. "Novell's customers have long asked us to back Linux with our great networking software and technical support system. Now we're going even...