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:eWeek: Sun Drops Its Linux Distribution
eWeek: Sun Drops Its Linux Distribution
Mar 28, 2003, 22 :04 UTC (27 Talkback[s]) (8507 reads)

(Other stories by Peter Galli)

"In a major strategy shift, Sun Microsystems Inc. officials said it will stop offering its own customized version of Linux and will instead turn to several other standard Linux distributions.

"'Yes, this is a change in strategy. Our Sun Linux distribution is essentially Red Hat Linux with a few minor tweaks,' John Loiacono, vice president of Sun's operating platforms group, told reporters at a 'town hall' meeting in San Francisco Friday morning. 'But our customers told us they didn't want a standard distribution that had some tweaks, so I decided to fix the problem by simply supporting between two and four standard Linux distributions, though I have not as yet decided which these will be.

"'I'm currently talking to the Linux vendors and hope that this move will happen as soon as possible,' said Loiacono.

"Loiacono added that Linux provider Red Hat 'would be a logical partner' and that Sun would ensure compatibility with the spectrum of products offered by the vendors selected..."

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The Register: Gwana-gwana Landslide Buries Sun Linux(Sep 21, 2002)
Computerworld.NZ: Sun Linux Move 'Not Defensive'(Aug 23, 2002)
The Register: Post Red Hat Knock-Off, Sun Still Plans Own Linux(Aug 19, 2002)
CNET News: Sun to Announce Leap into Linux(Aug 05, 2002)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Who notices that Sun seems to be without ...   Am I the only one??   
Jason Greenwood
Mar 28, 2003, 22:24:46
 
they are floundering.  It doesn't ju ...   Well, ehh   
ThoreauHD
Mar 28, 2003, 22:32:15
 
So they won't maintain their own dis ...   Sun's linux strategy   
Joel Stone
Mar 28, 2003, 22:55:11
 
Sun has an interesting problem. They wou ...   Interesting problem   
phil
Mar 28, 2003, 23:04:20
 
Not a decision Sun wanted to make from t ...   Wow - He sounds bitter   
Christopher X
Mar 28, 2003, 23:08:36
 
Corel should have just ported WP (which  ...   good news. avoid repeating Corel's mistake.   
guindaloo
Mar 28, 2003, 23:12:47
 
"There is little doubt that the notion o ...   Wow, thats a load of crap...   
Christopher X
Mar 28, 2003, 23:13:53
 
It looks like Sun is looking for a soft  ...   looking for a soft place to land   
Joe User
Mar 28, 2003, 23:56:01
 
> Sun has an interesting problem. They w ...   Re: Interesting problem   
anon
Mar 29, 2003, 00:09:56
 
Phil, I suspect that you might find more ...   Re: Interesting problem   
Mike Fedyk
Mar 29, 2003, 00:43:57
 
This very same scenario was played out b ...   End Game; CALD Redux   
David D. Huff Jr.
Mar 29, 2003, 00:50:41
 
While Sun hasn't to my knowledge bee ...   Re: Sun's linux strategy   
Benjamin Foote
Mar 29, 2003, 00:53:58
 
I think Sun would have made an excellent ...   It's a shame   
tsoweather
Mar 29, 2003, 01:33:58
 
This move only makes sense considering t ...   Sun Adopts Existing GNU/Linux Distributions   
Greg
Mar 29, 2003, 02:05:32
 
>.> Which four? > Rhat,Mandrake, Suse,De ...   Re: good news. avoid repeating Corel's mistake   
Greg
Mar 29, 2003, 02:20:27
 
Remember for all "Sun sux b4llz" talk, t ...   Beating up on Sun   
sdsdfsdf
Mar 29, 2003, 02:33:49
 
Sun has unix expertise, hardware experti ...   Focus for Sun   
chip
Mar 29, 2003, 02:35:40
 
> they are floundering.  It doesn't  ...   Re: Well, ehh   
Nicholas Donovan
Mar 29, 2003, 03:53:24
 
I don't really understand what this  ...   Sun is basically a hardware company   
Charles Hixson
Mar 29, 2003, 04:43:02
 
Interestingly, for their new Itanium2 ha ...   comparisons between Sun and SGI   
Arthur Marsh
Mar 29, 2003, 06:32:29
 
They have lost too much time and money o ...   Good Riddance   
Yu X
Mar 29, 2003, 07:14:49
 
and one that customers have been asking  ...   I think this is a good move...   
Kevin Mack
Mar 29, 2003, 07:19:14
 
> I think Sun would have made an excelle ...   Re: It's a shame   
Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Mar 29, 2003, 10:46:32
 
>But they need to ensure that they aren& ...   Re: Sun is basically a hardware company   
is
Mar 29, 2003, 15:02:01
 
Oh, puleeze.  They have a major shift in ...   Major shift? Yeah, right.   
Tim Hanson
Mar 29, 2003, 17:09:59
 
There seems to be an assumption from a g ...   Re: Sun is basically a hardware company   
F. Love
Mar 30, 2003, 07:27:30
 
At work, we do FPGA and ASIC synthesis u ...   Sun hardware   
Anon E Mouse
Mar 30, 2003, 16:34:08
 
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