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Scott McNealy far from retired
October 17, 2007
Former Sun CEO is racking more frequent-flier miles now as chairman, traveling the world to meet with customers and tout Sun's virtues.
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Sun relaunches Sparc chip business
March 27, 2007
Server maker splits off Sparc processor business in hopes of selling the chips to others.
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Sun, allies broaden open-source chip push
May 15, 2007
Two companies are working on derivatives of Sun's open-source Niagara processor; Sun plans to share Niagara 2's designs, too.
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Sun, Fujitsu to launch joint Sparc servers
April 17, 2007
Jointly designed servers, with 4 to 64 dual-core "Olympus" processors, were originally part of effort to keep Sparc from fading away. Photos: Sun's new enterprise servers
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Sun Solaris gets new partitioning feature
January 16, 2007
Feature, called Logical Domains, lets Sparc-based servers run multiple copies of Unix variant in separate partitions.
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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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New Sun priorities could speed Niagara servers
April 27, 2005
Company will likely switch the order of the arrival of two new server models, a potential boon for Sun.
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Sun picks right-hand folks for Schwartz
May 15, 2006
Appointments round out lead execs under the new CEO. Now investors will wait to see how it works.
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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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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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Sun to sell 'Niagara' servers this year
November 1, 2005
The company hopes the ambitious design will restore the allure of its core Sparc server line, CEO Scott McNealy says.
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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 loss widens, but revenue increases
April 24, 2006
Server maker reports a net loss of $217 million despite 21 percent revenue growth.
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Sun to release open-source Sparc designs
March 21, 2006
Move comes as part of Sun's commitment to support the General Public License.
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Sun upgrades low-end servers
September 13, 2006
Server maker updates its low-end servers with faster 1.5GHz UltraSparc IIIi processors.
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Sun layoffs hit high-end server group
April 7, 2006
Company cuts 7 percent of Sparc server group employees in latest effort to reduce expenses.
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IBM backs Sun's Solaris, renews Java pact
June 27, 2005
Big Blue will create versions of its server software for Sun's operating system and will support Java for an additional 10 years.
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Sun, Fujitsu to collaborate on Unix servers
June 2, 2004
The two companies' respective Sun Fire and Primepower products will be replaced with a single line of servers based on Sparc processors by the middle of 2006.
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Sun speeds Niagara servers
January 18, 2007
Sun plans to announce faster UltraSparc T1 'Niagara' servers. And 'Rock' servers are due in the second half of 2008.
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Sun begins Sparc phase of server overhaul
December 6, 2005
Launch of new "Niagara" is key to effort to restore its ailing server fortunes by catering to its core customers. Photos: Niagara servers unleashed
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