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Sun sells mainframe rehosting business

August 17, 2006 Clerity Solutions snaps up Sun Microsystems' MTP and MBM business with plans to expand it beyond Solaris. TAGS: mainframe, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., Linux, server, HP

Sun hires Debian Linux founder

March 19, 2007 Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and several other Linux initiatives, now will work with Solaris and Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Debian, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, founder, Ubuntu, chairman, open source, blog, server, operating system

Dell to carry Solaris 10 on PowerEdge servers

November 14, 2007 Under partnership between the two rivals, Dell will distribute Sun's OS on PowerEdge servers and provide support services. TAGS: Dell PowerEdge Server, Sun Solaris, Dell PowerEdge, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris 10, support services, Dell, Intel x86, agreement, server, Linux, operating system, HP

Windows bumps Unix as top server OS

February 22, 2006 IDC reports Windows and Linux have moved up a notch in the server market, while Unix and z/OS slipped. TAGS: Unix, x86 server, IBM z/OS, Sun Microsystems Inc., server OS, mainframe, Gartner Inc., server, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, Linux, AMD, operating system, HP, Microsoft Windows

Lighting a fire under Solaris

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, Sun Sparc, Intel x86, Linux, R&D, AMD Opteron, server, open source, AMD, IBM Corp., operating system

Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion

November 15, 2004 Operating system to come at no charge for servers with x86 processors. But the bug fixes will cost you. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris 10, open-source programmer, IBM AIX, Intel x86, x86 processor, open source, AMD Opteron, free, Linux, pricing, bug fix, software company, support

OpenVZ ported to Sun Niagara servers

December 29, 2006 Linux can be subdivided into "containers" on Sun's newest Sparc servers, matching a feature Solaris already possesses. TAGS: OpenVZ, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, container, Sun Solaris, Intel Itanium, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source, server, Intel, operating system

Sun's next goal: A Linux ecosystem

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 Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, ecosystem, Linux, x86 processor, Jonathan Schwartz, software company, open source, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., president, AMD, server

New virtualization option coming to Sun servers

October 17, 2006 Logical Domains mean multiple independent copies of Solaris will run on the same Niagara server. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Xen, virtualization, Sun Server, Sun Solaris 10, container, AMD Opteron, VMWare ESX, VMWare ESX Server, x86 server, Sun UltraSPARC, VMware, T1, server, IBM Corp.

Sun's top software exec leaves for Adobe

March 16, 2006 John Loiacono is headed to the graphics software giant amid radical software changes at Sun, News.com has learned. TAGS: MontaVista, Sun Microsystems Inc., server software, Sun Solaris, exec, Adobe Systems Inc., vice president, Macromedia Inc., open source, president, server, Linux

Java inches closer to open source

May 16, 2006 Sun plans to open up more Java software, but will stop short of sharing the programming language itself. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, open source, Java software, BEA Systems Inc., JavaOne, Java application, Sun Solaris, programming language, server, Linux, brand

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: multiprocessor, Linus Torvalds, kernel, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Linux kernel, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., file system, IBM Corp., programming, Red Hat Inc., patch management

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., software patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open-source community, OpenOffice.org, AMD Opteron, agreement, Sun Solaris, OpenOffice, exec, Java, Linux
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