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Xen lures big-name endorsements | CNET News.com: “‘Two or three months ago, it wasn’t on anybody’s radar. Now it’s going to make a big change in how everyone uses Linux,’ said Chris Schlaeger, vice president of research and development for Novell’s SuSE Linux.

The change illustrates what can go right in the world of open-source software: a project can trigger a cascade of cooperation by multiple interested parties. When it works well, as in the case of Linux, that cooperation can lead to a unified, fast-developing project rather than proprietary, mutually incompatible competitors. “