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Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux
February 14, 2006
Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems.
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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.
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Linux boots on Sun's Niagara chip
February 17, 2006
Programmer reaches early milestone in adapting the open-source operating system to Sun's 32-thread processor.
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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.
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Sun's plan for open-source chips bears fruit
September 12, 2006
Start-up Simply RISC builds a single-core variant of Sun Microsystems' open-source UltraSparc T1 chip.
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Sun gives OpenSparc a push
October 3, 2006
Development project for UltraSparc T1 gets an advisory board, a boost from Gentoo Linux and a derivative design from Simply RISC.
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Wind River offers Sparc-Linux option
November 4, 2006
Company will support Linux running on Sun's UltraSparc T1 'Niagara' processor for telecommunications customers.
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IBM to launch Linux-only Power servers
September 10, 2004
OpenPower line to make debut Monday as Big Blue looks beyond the chip's high-end niche, CNET News.com has learned.
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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.
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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.
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Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies
February 15, 2006
Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more.
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Sparc-on-Intel translator due in weeks
August 17, 2006
Start-up Transitive plans to release software to run Sparc-on-Solaris software on Linux-on-Xeon.
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Sun revenue up, but loss widens
January 24, 2006
The server maker's revenue climbs 17 percent, but its net loss widens and it misses revenue expectations.
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Sun's x86 strategist steers straight ahead
January 25, 2006
Sun's John Fowler navigates a tricky transition as he guns for growth in x86 servers this year.
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Sun license gets open-source nod
January 19, 2005
The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned.
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LinuxWorld revs up
August 17, 2006
special coverage The San Francisco conference spotlights trends in open source, from servers to cell phones and Windows media support.
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IBM rebuilds Unix servers with Power5+ chip
October 4, 2005
Big Blue's processor move increases performance, as well as competitive pressures on Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Intel.
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IBM Power blades to arrive in March
November 14, 2003
Big Blue plans to announce on Tuesday a slender server called the JS20 that uses its own Power processors, but a delay means the system won't ship until late in the first quarter.
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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.
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HP bringing key feature to Itanium servers
January 21, 2005
Software-based partitioning to migrate from older line of Unix servers into new Intel-based product.
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