*** SuSE Linux AG Completes Executive Board ***

New business structure establishes basis for long-term 
profitability

Nuremberg, GERMANY, November 28, 2001 - Today, SuSE Linux, the 
international Open Source technology leader and solutions 
provider, announced the appointment of a second Executive Board 
member and the completion of its management team: on December 1, 
2001, Gerhard Burtscher, an experienced IT manager, assumes the 
position of Chief Executive Officer and the responsibility for the 
five newly created Business Units of SuSE. After having assumed 
CEO tasks during the refocusing of the company, Johannes 
Nussbickel returns to his original function as CFO, heading 
Finance and Administration.

"We are convinced that Gerhard Burtscher represents the ideal 
reinforcement for the SuSE Executive Board. Following the 
successful completion of our refocusing process, we are now going 
to step up our efforts to guide SuSE Linux back to a stable course 
of growth," said SuSE Executive Board member Johannes Nussbickel, 
commenting the appointment.

Heinrich Rodewig, J.D., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SuSE 
Linux, added: "In the course of his career, Gerhard Burtscher 
repeatedly gained success in projects aimed at the rapid and 
structured establishment of new business units, as well as the 
reorganization of existing structures through extensive analysis 
and concentration on results, customers, and employees. Both 
subjects are of utmost importance for the further development and 
growth of SuSE Linux."

Gerhard Burtscher has been active in the IT and telecommunication 
sector for more than 20 years. He began his career in the 
Marketing division of Nixdorf Computer AG and held executive 
positions at Texas Instruments, Digital Equipment, MIPS 
Technologies, Silicon Graphics, and Siemens-Nixdorf. The focal 
points of his activity were marketing, sales, and controlling. 
Since 1995, his main field of activity has been the establishment 
of European subsidiaries for international technology providers. 
During his career he gained extensive national and international 
experience as Managing Director and Business Unit Manager with 
these companies.

Regarding his decision for SuSE Linux AG, Gerhard Burtscher said: 
"With the know-how of its staff and the high degree of maturity of 
its products, SuSE is ideally positioned for the dynamic growth of 
Linux in enterprises. The high level of acceptance of the company, 
which is obvious from the partnerships with the world's leading 
platform and technology providers, points to the high degree of 
'presentability' of SuSE's Linux solutions for deployment in large 
international corporations. My challenge and one of the most 
attractive aspects of my tasks is to transform each employee's 
great passion for technology into a powerful financial base, 
viable on a long-term basis."

*** Customer-Oriented Refocusing Process Constitutes Basis for 
Long-Term Growth

SuSE Linux AG has completed its refocusing process that started in 
October, 2001. Under the supervision of Johannes Nussbickel, the 
functional structure consisting of Sales, Marketing, Support, 
Development, Finance, and Organization was dissolved. Henceforth, 
five cost-transparent Business Units handle the diverse customer 
segments according to the specific needs of the respective target 
groups:

·    The "Qualified Users" division addresses technically skilled 
     private users with the product lines of SuSE Linux and SuSE 
     Press.
·    The "Business Users" division offers largely pre-configured 
     solution products from the range of "SuSE Business Solutions" 
     for small and medium-scale enterprises.
·    The business unit named "Corporate Users" presents a 
     comprehensive range of consulting, development, 
     implementation, and training services for large enterprises 
     such as Lycos Europe, T-Online, and DG Capital.
·    The fourth division, "Governmental and Institutional Users", 
     addresses government offices and public administrations.
·    The business unit named "Technology Partners" focuses on 
     development services and technology transfer for IT providers 
     like AMD, Compaq, IBM, Intel, Oracle, SAP, and SGI.

Commenting the refocusing process, Nussbickel said: "Our previous 
functional structure served our needs very well at the time. The 
changes in today's market situation called for changes within that 
structure. This is why we decided to create cost-transparent 
business units with independent responsibility for their budgets. 
We are convinced that this target group-oriented structure can 
communicate the quality of SuSE's products and services more 
effectively throughout all market segments. Facing lower IT 
budgets and limited economic prospects, enterprises increasingly 
look for stable, reliable and affordable IT solutions that meet 
present and future needs."

*** About SuSE

SuSE Linux is one of the world's leading providers of complete 
solutions based on the Open Source operating system Linux. In 
addition to operating systems and application software for private 
customers, SuSE offers software solutions and complete systems for 
the deployment of Linux in companies.

SuSE supports its enterprise customers with a comprehensive range 
of qualified consulting, training, and support services. The 
company, which hosts the world's largest development team for Open 
Source solutions, has made its unique project and support know-how 
accessible via the Internet in the largest existing Linux 
knowledge database.

Further information on SuSE can be found at http://www.suse.de/en/

Press contact:
SuSE Linux AG
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90443 Nuernberg
Germany
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