CNET News.com: “Munich is the capital of Bavaria, the southern German state where Suse Linux was headquartered until its acquisition in 2004 by Novell. Suse remains popular in German-speaking countries. But in announcing the Debian deal earlier in April, the city was seeking ‘the greatest possible vendor-independence,’ LiMux project leader Peter Hofmann said in a statement. Novell didn’t comment on the deal, but a representative confirmed the company had bid for the project. Suse and IBM had helped Munich evaluate Linux in 2003.”