Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced the opening of the Microsoft and Novell(R) Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell's groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work together to create a joint development facility at which Microsoft and Novell technical experts will design and test new software solutions and work with customers and the community to build and support technologies that allow Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) and SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise to work well together.