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IBM's Oracle rebate counters HP, Sun
April 18, 2006
Big Blue announces rebates of as much as $300,000 for software from the database giant, striking back at others' deals.
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Linux-loving McNealy dons penguin outfit
February 8, 2002
In a move to erase doubts about the sincerity of Sun Microsystems' move to embrace Linux, CEO Scott McNealy took the stage at the company's annual meeting wearing a penguin suit.
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McNealy--apres moi, you'll be bored silly
April 25, 2006
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says he'll miss the former Sun CEO's straight-talking ways.
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Sun promises to open-source Java
May 16, 2006
Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done.
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McNealy touts 'excitement' of backup tape
June 9, 2005
Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM.
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'New' CEOs and a new Sun-Intel partnership
January 23, 2007
Personalities of new CEOS, not just technology, figured in Intel's return to Sun Microsystems' server line.
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Ex-Sun exec returns to run software group
May 1, 2006
Rich Green, who left for a start-up in 2004, is expected to be named Sun's software chief, CNET News.com has learned.
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Sun, Oracle at odds over Java tools
January 26, 2006
Two allies have different views over whether Oracle supports Sun's NetBeans programming software.
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Ballmer: 'We'll catch Google'
June 27, 2005
At a partner conference, the CEO defends Redmond's search efforts but admits that the .Net effort has been at a standstill.
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Sun names likely license for open-source Java
October 26, 2006
The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says.
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Potential Sun Grid customer: No thanks
March 13, 2006
RightNow could be an ideal Sun Grid customer, but its CEO is leery of reliability, control and cost issues.
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Sun to subsidize Oracle database software
January 11, 2006
To compete with IBM and HP, Sun will bundle Oracle's database with higher-end Unix servers, subsidize customer fees. Photo: Best buddies McNealy and Ellison
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Sun tries sharing Java again; still not open source
June 21, 2005
"GlassFish" lets outsiders tinker with Java server source code but stops well short of making it actual open-source software.
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Are sharks circling HP?
February 9, 2005
Competitors will try to use uncertainty to win customers from HP, analysts predict. It's not yet clear whether they will succeed.
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Week in review: Big Blue bids adieu to PCs
December 10, 2004
IBM tips the balance of power by essentially bowing out of the PC business, handing the reins to China's Lenovo.
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Commentary: Keeping HP customers happy
February 10, 2005
news.commentary With Fiorina gone, customers should stay the course--for now. But the next CEO still must prove that bigger is better.
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McNealy knocks Oracle for pricing plans
December 9, 2004
Sun's CEO criticizes a major business partner for how it sells its software based on how many processors a server has.
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Oracle confab brings out the naysayers
December 9, 2004
roundup At OpenWorld in San Francisco, Dell execs bash "big iron," quibble about Red Hat and pooh-pooh IBM-Lenovo.
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XenSource gets new CEO, direction
February 15, 2006
Open-source start-up names Veritas veteran Peter Levine to top post, while two co-founders depart from company.
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HP prepares 'infinity' campaign for Itanium servers
March 3, 2006
HP hopes a new advertising symbol will regain some of the delayed Itanium chip's lost momentum.Photo: Itanium 'infinity' campaign
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