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SUSE Linux Outlines Product Road Map: Page 3 of 3

User Mode Linux is already available, he said, but SUSE will provide it as an integrated easy-to-use "button" functionality within SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. SUSE is also working on a User Mode Linux software development kit, Geck said.

Solution providers here said Novell's recent acquisition of SUSE is significantly increasing the momentum of the SUSE products. "This is giving Linux a turbo boost," said Robert Kusche, general manager of DSG Linux Services, a Bellingham, Wash., IBM partner attending the SUSE Partner Conference. "At DSG, we are calling it the renaissance of Linux."

The product road map details are "fascinating from a technical point of view, but increased adoption will be driven by corporate acceptability, which is definitely increasing," Kusche said.

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