Microsoft/Novell alliance

Microsoft has announced support for SUSE Linux on the desktop and will even help Novell promote it. For more information, read http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004739&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1

Interesting questions would include what Microsoft has to gain from this, what Novell has to gain from this, and the timing.