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February 8, 2006 A top exec says Sun is "dead serious" about an open-source push for its Sparc chips. Critics say it's trying to save an endangered species. TAGS: Sun Sparc, BSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, ecosystem, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 processor, AMD Opteron, software company, open source, IBM Corp., AMD, president, server

March 21, 2006 Move comes as part of Sun's commitment to support the General Public License. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, GPL, open source, T1, open-source software, AMD, server

February 17, 2006 Programmer reaches early milestone in adapting the open-source operating system to Sun's 32-thread processor. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Linux, open source, blog, AMD, operating system

December 7, 2005 Release of the chip's underlying design is intended to increase the relevance of the UltraSparc T1 processor line. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., design, AMD, server, Intel

June 27, 2005 Big Blue will create versions of its server software for Sun's operating system and will support Java for an additional 10 years. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Java software, Steve Mills, Java, IBM Corp., Sun Sparc, x86 processor, Java server, Intel x86, rival, server software, open source, server, AMD

April 24, 2006 Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, OpenSolaris, x86 server, Intel x86, Sun Sparc, Linux, AMD Opteron, open source, server, operating system, IBM Corp., AMD

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