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Sun also rises

April 3, 2004 Forrester experts say Sun Microsystems' major deal with Microsoft makes Solaris and other assets shine more brightly. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., ecosystem, Intel x86, Forrester Research Inc., Linux, asset, operating system, Intel, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, server

Sun plans to work with NT

September 10, 1998 Sun plans to make its Solaris Unix server capable of handling network services that come with the rival Windows NT operating system. TAGS: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows NT Server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, coprocessor, Unix system, network service, interoperability, Unix server, Unix, server, AT&T Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Sun, Microsoft to flesh out pact

November 29, 2004 One-time bitter adversaries will detail extent of their collaborative work. Top priorities: Windows-Solaris and Web services interoperability. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., interoperability, Sun Solaris, Web service, pact, Webcast, Scott McNealy, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, work, Java, operating system, Microsoft Windows, server

Sun, Microsoft tout fruits of cooperation

May 13, 2005 The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way. Photos: Ballmer, McNealy find common ground TAGS: cooperation, Scott McNealy, Steve Ballmer, BEA Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows

Sun looks for users running rival OSes

October 26, 2005 Java Enterprise System server middleware now supports Windows and HP-UX and Sun has a new plan to expand its Java Desktop System to more Linux flavors. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Sun Java Enterprise System, Java 2, Linux, IBM AIX, SuSE, Red Hat Inc., desktop computer, operating system, Java, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

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 Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 server, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun UltraSPARC, Scott McNealy, Unix, server, operating system, open source, AMD, HP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Ballmer grins and bears Linux--a little

April 20, 2005 Demos management software supporting non-Windows machines. "I know that's an important capability," Microsoft CEO says. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Virtual Server, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Longhorn, Linux, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, CEO

Microsoft adds new flavors of server OS

October 15, 2003 The software giant makes available a test version of its Windows Server 2003 operating system that runs on 64-bit Advanced Micro Devices chips. TAGS: 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, 64-bit CPU, server OS, Microsoft Windows Server, AMD64, AMD, AMD Athlon 64, beta, Intel Itanium, Sun Solaris, data center, operating system, Linux, Microsoft Corp., software company

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

June 14, 2005 Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, programmer, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source, IBM Corp., Unix, firewall, developer, operating system, Intel, server, Microsoft Corp.

Sun has software plans for rival servers

July 27, 2004 Company branches out from its proprietary ways with Java system for Windows and HP's flavor of Unix. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Unix, Sun UltraSPARC, Intel Itanium, server, HP, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Intel, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

FAQ: The Sun-Google partnership

October 5, 2005 What exactly does the alliance mean for the two companies--and for the computing industry? TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Toolbar, Eric Schmidt, Sun Java, Google Inc., Sun Solaris, OpenOffice, Java, agreement, Java software, Scott McNealy, Jonathan Schwartz, open-source software, alliance, toolbar, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: StorageTek, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Glasgow, storage management, grid computing, Scotland, thin client, Sun Solaris, excitement, open source, backup, CEO, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Sun and Microsoft: So far, so good

December 2, 2004 Firms say they've shed hard feelings and established a good collaboration. First product: common identity-management software. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., collaboration, specification, Web service, Bill Gates, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., agreement, Microsoft Windows, server

Japan gives OK to Sun desktop suite

November 10, 2004 Economics and trade ministry to consider company's open-source desktop suite for future bids. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, ministry, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Enterprise System, StarOffice, desktop software, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Sun Solaris, Japan, PC, operating system, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Perens pushes open-source domain parking

April 19, 2006 Irked that a major domain reseller moved to Windows, open-source advocate Bruce Perens calls for more Apache support. TAGS: Bruce Perens, Apache Software Foundation, Microsoft IIS Server, domain, Web server, reseller, open source, figure, Sun Solaris, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Week in review: Doing the security dance

December 2, 2005 Patches and exploits to software flaws led to a week of hackers and security managers playing a game of cat and mouse. TAGS: Sober worm, Sun Solaris, flaw, Week in review, security, vulnerability, antivirus, virus, e-mail, open source, attack, Firefox, operating system, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Sun cools down Linux desktop plan

June 28, 2005 Java Desktop System will continue to exist, but expect to see "less of an emphasis" on it, company's top software exec says. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, China Standard Software Co., Dana Gardner, Sun Microsystems Inc., Scott McNealy, desktop computer, Linux desktop, StarOffice, Linux, Sun Solaris, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC

Week in review: Vista on the horizon

January 26, 2007 Operating-system debut might not spark "midnight madness," but Microsoft has a couple of things going for it. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., Week in review, reader, service pack, operating system, Sun Solaris, Intel, retailer, Microsoft .NET, AMD, Microsoft Office, server, Microsoft Windows XP

Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software

May 28, 2004 The second version of Java Desktop System will debut on Tuesday with extra features to lure developers. It's the latest part of Sun's effort to offset its server sales slump. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, desktop Linux, Linux desktop software, Sun Microsystems Inc., programming tool, Linux, desktop computer, Linux desktop, SuSE, Java software, Sun Solaris, desktop software, SuSE Linux, IBM Corp., Java, programming

Leaner virtualization coming to Windows, Linux

April 13, 2006 Microsoft works to make one copy of Windows look like many, while the Linux equivalent gains ground. TAGS: OpenVZ, virtualization, SWsoft, Virtuozzo, EMC Corp., partition, Linux, VMware, approach, Sun Solaris, operating system, server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.