HSBC and SUSE Linux
This story has been around for about a week, with Microsoft’s press release being pretty much reproduced by dozens of outlets; this short piece in Computing seems to have been (one of?) the first. There is a longer item at Computer Business Review emphasising Novell’s perspective and one from eWeek looking at it from the bank’s point of view.
Much is being made of the assertion, from both HSBC and Microsoft, that the deal will enable the bank to reduce its TCO for Linux. This is ZDNet’s take; for an in-character piece from the Inq look here.