SUSE LINUX ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR IBM SOFTWARE ON LINUX

More Than Fifty IBM Products and SuSE Linux Combine to Offer an Extensive
e-Business Platform Program

LinuxWorld Expo, Frankfurt, Germany - SuSE Linux, the international Open
Source technology leader and solutions provider, announced an agreement with
IBM to distribute IBM's entire line of software for Linux in Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA) as a Value Added Linux Distributor (VALD).

IBM will use SuSE as a primary distributor in Europe for its Linux software
product lines DB2, WebSphere, Lotus, and Tivoli. In addition, IBM will
promote and fulfill orders through SuSE for SuSE Linux Groupware Server with
Lotus Domino R5, SuSE Linux Database Server with IBM's DB2 Universal
Database, and IBM's WebSphere Commerce Suite 5.1 for Linux.

"This agreement marks another significant milestone in our relationship with
SuSE that began in 1999," said Scott Handy, Worldwide Director of Linux
Solutions, IBM Software. "Our relationship with SuSE provides a win-win for
both customers and channel partners because it is driven by mutual goals --
to provide value-add Linux solutions to our customers and to deliver these
solutions through our channel partners."

In addition to integrated SuSE Linux Business Solutions, this agreement will
enable SuSE to provide more flexibility to its customers and partners by
offering a broad range of Linux software that includes over 50 IBM products.

"SuSE's expanded relationship with IBM will allow us to tightly integrate our
efforts to satisfy the strong demand for Linux business solutions as
customers expand their use of Linux to include mission-critical business
applications", said Johannes Nussbickel, Chief Executive Officer, SuSE Linux.
"Customers are excited about Linux and have had great success in their
deployments to-date. 

They are looking for the same benefits in cost, performance and reliability
from their business applications that they get from Linux-based
infrastructure solutions today. Together with IBM, we plan to deliver those
Linux solutions to our business partners and joint customers."

SuSE recently expanded its channel programs for Value Added Resellers (VARs),
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), Consultants and System Integrators (SIs)
to help them deliver value and business solutions to customers. For more on
the benefits of these programs and for information on how to become a SuSE
business partner visit

http://www.suse.co.uk/uk/partner/  or send an e-mail request to:
partner@suse.co.uk 

IBM products and all SuSE Linux Business Solutions distributed by SuSE are
available immediately through authorized SuSE resellers. Enhanced programs
for business partners to become new SuSE resellers are also available
immediately.

About SuSE 
SuSE Linux AG is the international technology leader and solutions
provider in Open Source operating system (OS) software. SuSE´s unique
expertise in Linux and their largest development team worldwide dedicated to
Open Source software has contributed to the recognition of SuSE as a leader
in Linux solutions. SuSE offers the largest support database to the public,
and owns the largest hardware database in the Linux market. Furthermore, SuSE
supports more hardware platforms than any other commercially available Linux
distribution.

Designed for Web and enterprise server environments and efficient as a home
and office platform, SuSE's distribution, surrounding features, effective
configuration and intelligent design result in the most complete Linux
solution available today.

SuSE Linux AG, headquartered in Germany, and SuSE Linux Ltd., based in
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, UK are privately held companies focused entirely
on supporting the Linux community and Open Source development. With a
workforce of over 500 people worldwide, SuSE has offices all over Europe,
Latin America and in the US.

SuSE contributes considerably to Linux development projects such as the Linux
kernel, glibc, XFree86TM, KDE, ISDN4Linux, ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture) and USB (Universal Serial Bus).

Additional information about SuSE can be found at http://www.suse.co.uk
For more information please contact:
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