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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. TAGS: Sun Sparc, BSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., ecosystem, Sun Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, Linux, x86 processor, Jonathan Schwartz, software company, open source, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., AMD, president, server

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. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Jonathan Schwartz, T1, BSD Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., CIO, GPL, open source, BSD, Linux, specification, project, conference, Unix, server

Sun relaunches Sparc chip business

March 27, 2007 Server maker splits off Sparc processor business in hopes of selling the chips to others. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., business unit, executive vice president, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, server, Intel, Dell, operating system

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. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Linux, open source, blog, AMD, operating system

Sun flirts with Ubuntu

May 17, 2006 At JavaOne, suggestions fly that Sun Microsystems will ship servers with "Dapper Drake" version of Ubuntu Linux. TAGS: JavaOne, Ubuntu, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Sparc, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, server, operating system

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. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, Sun Sparc, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, Linux, Intel, instruction, operating system

Sun at work on Niagara, Rock successors

April 17, 2006 Sun begins engineering Sparc sequels that use a more advanced manufacturing process. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., manufacturing process, Sun Sparc, circuitry, manufacturing, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, thread, server, process, AMD, 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, x86 server, Sun Sparc, Linux, Intel x86, AMD Opteron, R&D, open source, server, IBM Corp., AMD, operating system

Sun's open-source odyssey

July 6, 2006 Sun's incoming executive vice president of software says the company envisions a world dominated by open source. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, open source, Sun Sparc, executive vice president, Java, brand, operating system

Sun servers heading back to Intel chips

January 22, 2007 CEOs from Sun Microsystems and Intel are expected to announce partnership to build Xeon-based servers this year. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Xeon, Sun Server, Sun Solaris, Sun NetBeans, AMD Opteron, Paul Otellini, Sun Sparc, Intel, server, Intel x86, AMD, power management, conference, San Francisco
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