Sun Microsystems will try to break into the telecommunications market with a new server guaranteed not to go down for more than five minutes of the year. Java figures in the plan too, as the linchpin in Sun's plans to offer software tying together telephone, computer, and other networks into one giant ubernetwork while providing consulting services for telecommunications companies who don't want to get their hands dirty.
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