:internetnews.com: Sun Challenges IBM to Port to Solaris
internetnews.com: Sun Challenges IBM to Port to Solaris Jan 21, 2005, 21 :15 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (5921 reads) (Other stories by Clint Boulton)
"Sun Microsystems President and COO Jonathan Schwartz threw down the gauntlet in front of IBM, calling for the company to be more open and interoperable.
"In a letter on his Web log addressed to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano, Schwartz called for IBM to port its various software applications, including DB2, WebSphere and Tivoli, to run on Sun's Solaris 10 operating system for the x86 platform..."