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IT Week: Sun Seeks HP Unix Marriage

“In a move that could be seen as a meaningful approach or just
sheer cheek, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy has sent an open
email to HP boss Mark Hurd, suggesting the firms combine their
respective versions of Unix.

“In the message, McNealy suggests that: ‘HP has made strategic
decisions that compel its customers, developers and partners to
change: ending development of your enterprise servers based on
PA-Risc, and relegating your operating system, HP-UX, to
Itanium…'”


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