Novell and Citrix have announced a new collaboration deal aimed at increasing virtualisation interoperability

Citrix and Microsoft do something similar to what Microsoft and Novell did

Analysis of virtualisation news from Citrix, Novell, and Red Hat

What is commercial Linux distributor Novell going to do about server and desktop virtualization? It's a good question, and one that the company's top brass has not really addressed. In July 2006, with the launch of SUSE Linux 10, Novell was the first commercial Linux vendor to ship a Xen hypervisor tuned for Linux.

An intersection or mental alignment in Citrix/Xen, Microsoft, Nokia and Novell.

Citrix and Novell would be better off sharing a bed, argues a UNIX/Linux expert from The Register

If you recall, Novell's former best friend for SUSE Linux was Microsoft. Microsoft and Novell have a partnership where the two parties had certificates that indemnified SUSE users from any intellectual property liability. In addition, Microsoft officially recommended SUSE Linux Enterprise for hybrid Windows/Linux shops.

Novell and Microsoft continue to fund development with the desired bias of using Microsoft APIs; Microsoft pays for its share of OSBC (again) and gets to set the tone with a keynote speech

Citrix (with Xen) gets even closer to Microsoft and Windows