Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 12th Sep 2007 21:44 UTC
Having recently rediscovered itself as a systems company, Sun Microsystems has been welcomed into Microsoft's vast and growing family of OEM partners. Expanding the companies' three-year-old interoperability pact, Sun has agreed to ship Microsoft's dated but important Windows Server 2003 operating system pre-installed on its x64 machines. The companies will also co-operate on go-to-market activities for the machines. Ars Technica has more.
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RE: May you live in interesting times
by SReilly on Thu 13th Sep 2007 00:26
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Hey MollyC! isn't it funny how our IT world seems to have been turned on it's head this week?
First, we hear about MS wanting to seriously support Xen with they're virtualisation server product, then we hear about QNX going all open on us, next we get loads of info on the MS/Novell interoperability deal actually coming out in the open and, last but not least, Sun (a former arch enemy) decides to play nice with MS and sell they're server software!
I wont even go into details about the Linux v RMS crap, nor how the Dutch consumers advice bureau like to give people useless advice but, is it just me? or are the lines finally blurring?
What's your take on this? :-)
RE[2]: May you live in interesting times
by beelzebush on Thu 13th Sep 2007 04:37
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RE[2]: May you live in interesting times
by beelzebush on Thu 13th Sep 2007 04:38
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2006-07-04
Well, well.
The plot thickens and the pace quickens.
I'd guess that for the last few years, there have been Sun-based IT departments wanted to add Windows server boxes, and Sun and got tired of sending that business to HP and Dell. Now such departments can add Windows server boxes while remaining totally Sun-based.
Be sure to check out Ars Technica's chart on "Sun's Corporate Strategy" (it's within the referred Ars Technical article). It's quite amusing.
http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.media/540/sunstrate...
Edited 2007-09-12 23:16