The CEO of SUSE says the coronavirus crisis may benefit the open source company, especially now that its biggest rival has been 'taken out' by IBM (IBM)

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The CEO of SUSE says the coronavirus crisis may benefit the open source company, especially now that its biggest rival has been 'taken out' by IBM (IBM)

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Published 14 May 2020

· Melissa Di Donato is the CEO of SUSE which builds open source Linux and cloud infrastructure products.
· She took the role around the same time that IBM acquired Red Hat for $34 billion and she likens the acquisition to SUSE's biggest rival being "taken out."
· Di Donato says that SUSE has added opportunity for growth...

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The CEO of SUSE says the coronavirus crisis may benefit the open source company, especially now that its biggest rival has been 'taken out' by IBM (IBM)

The CEO of SUSE says the coronavirus crisis may benefit the open source company, especially now that its biggest rival has been 'taken out' by IBM (IBM)

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