09/05/2002 — Tornado Insider selected SuSE Linux to be one of the 100 most promising and innovative emerging private tech companies in Europe. Tornado Insider's research and editorial departments, in conjunction with industry insiders and high tech analysts find these 100 companies to be 'the cream of Europe'. SUSE has clearly demonstrated that the technology they are commercializing today will change the way life is lived tommorow.

Senior Research Analyst Timothy Weeks writes: 'After undergoing a difficult restructuring period, SUSE appears to have turned its fortunes around, with sales now pointing north and profitability in sight. Optimism stems from the fact, that despite all its troubles, Linux and the security and cost benefits of open-source software is becoming a more accepted alternative to Windows as a desktop operating system. Raising the Linux bar, SUSE is increasingly seen as the best Linux distribution, with the newly released SUSE Linux 8.0 outperforming rivals Mandrake and Red Hat in industry tests. And with SUSE currently outselling its US competitor Red Hat, SUSE looks to be one of the few Linux players left standing.'

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