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Decoding Sun’s OS Plans

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 18, 2008

“If you’ve been wondering which operating system Sun
Microsystems is going to place its bets on, you can stop now. Go do
something more constructive because as far as I’m concerned, the
answer is crystal-clear: When faced with a choice between Solaris
and Linux, Sun will always choose… both.

“Apparently this notion hasn’t quite sunk into everyone’s noggin
yet because last week during his address to the Linux Foundation
Collaboration Summit, former MySQL CEO now Sun Senior VP Marten
Mickos was asked what is Sun’s commitment to the L in LAMP,
according to an InformationWeek report by Charles Babcock…”

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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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