“Intel Corp. said today it is considering dropping Sun
Microsystems from its roster of partners supporting Intel’s
upcoming IA-64 platform. Intel and Sun have a contract for Solaris
on Itanium, which is the first member of Intel’s IA-64 family and
is due this year. But an Intel spokesman said that while Intel
will honor that contract, it dropped Sun’s name from its marketing
materials in December and is already putting its resources behind
other operating systems, including Linux and Project Monterey from
IBM….“
“A Sun spokesman declined to comment on the terms of Sun and
Intel’s contract, but also denied that Sun is lukewarm in its
support for Solaris on Intel. He cited Sun’s recent Free Solaris
program as the latest example of Sun’s efforts to target the Intel
community….”