From: rwarwick@fphcom.com
Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:32:13 +0000
To: pressinfo@fphcom.com
Subject: STABLE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSE AND MAILBOX INTERNET

Date:   05/26/2000  02:30 pm +0100  (Friday)
From:  Rupert Warwick
To:  pressinfo@fphcom.com
Subject:  STABLE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSE AND MAILBOX INTERNET

STABLE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSE AND MAILBOX INTERNET

SuSE Linux, Europe's leading Linux distributor has formed a partnership
with Mailbox Internet, the UK's first 100% Linux internet service provider,
to co-promote desktop penetration of Linux throughout Europe. 

As Linux continues to be embraced as a serious rival to Microsoft Windows,
with independent analysts -  IDC - predicting Linux usage to grow by 25%
annually until 2003,  SuSe and Mailbox Internet are well positioned to
promote its benefits both at corporate and end user level.

Joel Rowbottom, managing director of Mailbox, said, "From the senior IT
director, to the embryonic internet company and the end user,  reliability
and stability are the key features demanded of an operating system.  Both
SuSE and Mailbox are fundamentally committed to ensuring both through the
Linux platform.   As a result, our customers can be assured of a
multi-user, multi-tasking operating system  which is reliable and versatile
at relatively low deployment costs." 

"This partnership strengthens the synergy that already exists between SuSE
and Mailbox Internet, " said Ruediger Berlich, SuSE's UK managing director.
"It opens up greater opportunities for us to demonstrate the unrivalled
stability of the Linux operating system amongst organisations with a remote
and on-site ISP requirement.  It also allows Mailbox Internet to capitalise
on our strengthening position amongst desktop users." 

The stability of the open source platform will be among one of the many
issues being discussed on June 1st at The European Linux Conference hosted
by SuSE  at the Olympia Conference Centre.   Mailbox Internet and SuSE will
also be demonstrating the Linux capabilities from their stands 117 and 119 at Linux Expo 2000 on June 1st and 2nd at Olympia Hall 2.

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