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An article in InformationWeek (Weak) says that the US Department of Health and Human Services has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to use Linux products from Novell. While the article doesn't claim this, I have to wonder how much politics came into play here. HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt is the former Governor of Utah, where Novell is headquartered. Secretary Leavitt is no stranger to technology. He is widely credited with guiding Utah into the information age and making it one of the leading state governments to embrace the Internet.