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Sun's fighting chance

September 20, 2004 Forrester CEO George Colony argues that if Sun goes down, it's going to go down taking very big swings. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, pricing, Intel x86, Linux, intellectual property, vendor, platform, IBM Corp., operating system, cell phone, Microsoft Corp.

Old Sun management once stalled Project Orion

March 1, 2006 Former execs were risk-averse to Sun's server software pricing. That pricing is now central to company strategy. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, BEA Systems Inc., GAAP, pricing, Sun UltraSPARC, grid, T1, server software, Sun Solaris, server, security, IBM Corp.

McNealy knocks Oracle for pricing plans

December 9, 2004 Sun's CEO criticizes a major business partner for how it sells its software based on how many processors a server has. TAGS: Oracle Corp., pricing, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, dual-core processor, Microsoft SQL Server, data center, IBM Corp., policy, server, AMD, conference, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Why Sun invited Intel to the party

January 23, 2007 CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says the company went with Intel out of pragmatism, not ideology. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., alliance, Intel, AMD, Sun Solaris, banking, pricing, server, Apple Computer

Sun warms to open-source server software

January 26, 2005 Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Dwight Davis, server software, Sun Solaris, open source, open-source programmer, BEA Systems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, open-source software, pricing, server, Linux, IBM Corp.

Sun to offer utility pricing for desktops

November 17, 2004 Thin-client Sun Ray product hasn't taken off yet, but Sun hopes subscription pricing will boost its popularity. TAGS: Sun Ray, utility computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., StarOffice, thin client, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, pricing, president, Linux, desktop computer, Microsoft Office, server, Microsoft Corp., PC

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., multi-core, policy, BEA Systems Inc., Forrester Research Inc., IBM Corp., application server, middleware, pricing, dual-core processor, database, software company, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., server

Sun bets on free Java tool

November 13, 2003 Developers won't pay a penny for the next version of Java application server, set for release next week, says the company's top software executive in a presentation of Sun's software plans. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, application server, Java application, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java tool, Java, Sun Java Desktop System, J2EE, Java 2, desktop software, pricing, server software, Sun Java, server, open source, developer

Sun to offer more free software

November 30, 2005 The company plans to give away Java Enterprise System, N1 management tools with its Solaris operating system. TAGS: Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Enterprise System, Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Java, barrier, open-source software, pricing, IBM Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Oracle lowers price for some multicore chips

December 20, 2005 Database giant updates policy so customers pay lower premium for AMD, Intel and Sun UltraSparc T1 multicore chips. TAGS: multi-core processor, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, T1, database, Sun Microsystems Inc., pricing, policy, AMD, IBM Corp., server, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

Sun makes bite-size Java server suites

February 1, 2005 Looking to boost Java Enterprise System sales, Sun creates five new Java server software packages, priced at $50 per employee per year. TAGS: Sun Java Enterprise System, Java server, Joe Keller, provisioning, Sun Microsystems Inc., JBoss, BEA Systems Inc., Java, application server, development tool, server software, pricing, Sun Java, messaging, server, IBM Corp.

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, Intel x86, IBM AIX, x86 processor, open source, AMD Opteron, free, Linux, support, software company, pricing, bug fix

Sun to subsidize Oracle database software

January 11, 2006 To compete with IBM and HP, Sun will bundle Oracle's database with higher-end Unix servers, subsidize customer fees. Photo: Best buddies McNealy and Ellison TAGS: Oracle Corp., Unix server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy, Oracle Database, fee, Unix, Sun UltraSPARC, Java, Sun Solaris, pricing, database, IBM Corp., server, California

Sun has high expectations for Niagara

October 26, 2005 The forthcoming processor embraces both the multicore and multithreading approaches more aggressively than does IBM, Intel and AMD. TAGS: multi-threading, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, multi-core, Intel Xeon, successor, x86 processor, dual-core, thread, AMD, IBM Corp., pricing, Intel, server

AMD speeds dual-core Opteron a notch

September 26, 2005 Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce faster new models of its dual-core Opteron processor, an attempt to stay ahead of rival Intel. TAGS: AMD Opteron, dual-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, x86 processor, Intel, pricing, server

New server order, new IBM software pricing

July 25, 2006 Big Blue plans radical move in server pricing, based on "processor value units" instead of actual processors. TAGS: pricing, virtualization, virtual machine, server software, IBM Corp., multi-core processor, Sun Solaris, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, operating system

At ISSCC, the circuit set makes connections

February 14, 2007 As chip engineers gather in San Francisco, Intel shows off its teraflop chops, and AMD talks pricing pressure and power consumption. TAGS: power consumption, IBM Corp., AMD, pricing, blog, San Francisco, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel

Red Hat plans app server in 2004

December 18, 2003 The Linux seller plans to expand into a new Java software market in the first half of 2004, encroaching on the application server turf of IBM, BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems. TAGS: application server, JBoss Inc., Red Hat Inc., Java software, BEA Systems Inc., J2EE, JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, support services, open source, server, Apache Software Foundation, Linux, pricing, IBM Corp.

BEA backtracks on dual-core pricing

August 23, 2005 Server software company scraps policy of charging a 25 percent premium for middleware that runs on dual-core servers. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., dual-core processor, competitive pricing, dual-core, premium, middleware, policy, server software, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc., software company, pricing, server, Intel, IBM Corp.
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