Upside: Taking Aim at Sun | Linux Today

Upside: Taking Aim at Sun

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 19, 1999

Thanks to Chilestew
for this link.

“The fact that Penguin Computing isn’t sprawled in a random
South Bay tilt-up speaks to one of the seldom-mentioned secrets of
the Linux community. As much as Linux developers and their comrades
try to paint Microsoft as the archenemy of the open-source software
movement, a growing number are casting their eyes on friendly
neighbor and sometime-ally Sun Microsystems.

“Yes, the signs had been popping up. With Linux aggressively
expanding its foothold in the low-end server market, it was only a
matter of time before Linux hardware hoodlums such as Penguin and
Mountain View-based VA Research began encroaching on Sun’s high-end
Solaris turf.”

Complete
story
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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