Of course Novell could save some money by deploying their own product instead of an external one. That's like saying Microsoft can save money by deploying Windows internally instead of Unix. But Novell Linux ISN'T free for anyone else, something you forgot to mention.
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I didn't forget it. I didn't mention it because it's not true. Get your free copy of SUSE LINUX Professional here.