戴尔加入微软-Novell联盟

　　Microsoft Corp. said on Monday Dell Inc. had joined a business collaboration it had with Novell Inc. to allow open-source Linux software to work with Windows.

　　The move makes Dell the first major systems provider to join the Microsoft-Novell collaboration， which consists of a broad set of business and technological agreements to make their products work together better to serve corporate customers using both Linux and Windows computer servers.

　　Under the latest agreement， Dell will purchase Suse Linux Enterprise Server certificates， Microsoft said. Suse Linux is Novell's operating system.

　　Dell will also establish a services and marketing program to migrate existing Linux users who are not Dell Linux customers to Suse Linux， Microsoft said.

　　Linux is the most popular variant of open-source software. Unlike proprietary software， open-source software lets developers share code and add functions， and users only pay for custom features， maintenance and technical support.

　　微软公司本周一表示，戴尔计算机已经加入该公司与Novell的合作协议，将共同协助顾客从现用系统改至开放原始码的Suse Linux系统。

　　此举让戴尔成为微软-Novell合作案的首要系统供货商。微软与Novell的合作范围遍及商业与技术各层面，目的是提高双方企业产品的互通性，方便顾客同时使用Linux和Windows服务器软件。

　　微软表示，根据这份最新的协议，戴尔将购买Suse Linux Enterprise Server认证。 Suse Linux是Novell的

　　Linux是目前最受欢迎的开放原始码软件。不同于专有软件，开放原始码软件让开发员分享程序代码并随意增加各种功能，使用者只需针对特别定制的功能、系统维护和技术支持付费。