Here is a roundup of recent stories which did not make the cut as standalone posts.

Novell has joined the Green Grid, which strives to make our industry more environment-aware and friendly. Thumbs up to Novell for that one. Opensuse 10.3 alpha 3 was released a couple of days ago and Novell has issued some press releases as well.

Sumitomo Electric Industries Chooses Novell for Xen Virtualization

Sumitomo Electric Industries is a long-time supplier of products based on the company's copper wire manufacturing technology, including electrical cables, machinery and energy products.

QLogic Announces HBA Virtualization Solution for SUSE Linux Environs

QLogic Corp., a provider of storage networking solutions, has announced a host bus adapter (HBA) virtualization solution for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server environments from Novell.

While we still call for a boycott, it would be unfair to simply ignore progress made by Novell, however small it may be. The financial figures speak for themselves.