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Linux program targets Solaris

May 17, 2005 IBM will offer services designed to help customers migrate from Sun's Solaris to Red Hat's Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc.

IBM kit moves Solaris software to Linux

November 30, 2005 Kit helps people assess software written in C or C++ and move it from Solaris to Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., Linux, C++ programming language, Sun Microsystems Inc., C

Sun releases Solaris 10 for free

February 1, 2005 The server and software company begins offering Solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., software company, open source, server, security, HP, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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, operating system, server

Major Solaris features slip to 2006

May 12, 2005 Sun delays release of ZFS and Janus, two major features the company has trumpeted as reasons to try its latest Solaris. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris 10, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., 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, operating system, Linux, HP

Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

May 9, 2007 Through Project Indiana, Sun wants to give Solaris a Linux feel to try to woo an influential developer crowd. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Stephen O'Grady, Linux, Indiana, Debian, project, Unix, open source

Sun has second thoughts about Linux on Solaris

June 15, 2005 Downplays feature designed to let Linux apps run on Solaris. Instead emphasizes related open-source alternative called Xen. TAGS: Xen, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, hypervisor, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Sun Solaris 10, open source, data center, AMD, operating system, Intel

Sun considers GPL for Solaris

November 14, 2006 If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, Java, license, Linux, open source, possibility, operating system

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

Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3

June 13, 2007 The Linux leader is still skeptical about GPL 3, but open-source Solaris could be a draw. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 2, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPLv3, Linux, license, OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, leader

Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat

September 12, 2005 Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Scott McNealy, Sun UltraSPARC, open source, server, Unix, operating system, AMD, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

January 30, 2006 But chances of cooperation between Solaris and Linux are clouded because Linux will remain under GPL 2. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, GPL, Linus Torvalds, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 3, Linux, Xen, open source, Linux kernel, blog, intellectual property, server, operating system, Dell, HP

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, SCO Group Inc., Scott McNealy, patent infringement, Linux, open source, patent, Jonathan Schwartz, Unix, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, protection, Java, IBM Corp.

German tax office moves to Linux

June 9, 2006 Tax authority in Lower Saxony is jumping from Solaris to Suse Linux and the KDE desktop. TAGS: KDE, SuSE Linux, tax, Sun Solaris, SuSE, Sun Microsystems Inc., Germany, Linux

Sun backs open-source database PostgreSQL

November 17, 2005 Company plans to distribute database and optimize it for Solaris. It also plans to include Xen virtualization, Linux compatibility next year. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, OpenSolaris, PostgreSQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, database, Linux, Oracle Corp., operating system

Open-source battlegrounds heat up

February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents. TAGS: software patent, Sun Solaris, open source, Sun Solaris 10, patent, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, GNU, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, open source, kernel, community, Linux, Java, license, interview

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

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, Sun UltraSPARC, Oracle Corp., T1, Linux kernel, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, programming, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., patch management, file system
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