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The Register: Intel says Sun just isn’t trying hard enough

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2000

“New Intel Europe Merced/Itanium supremo, Pierre Mirjolet, today
reiterated claims that Sun wasn’t trying hard enough to get Solaris
running on the first Intel 64-bit processors due for launch next
month.”

“…And today in London, Mirjolet reaffirmed: ‘We’re not listing
Sun alongside people like SGI, Compaq and IBM in our presentations
anymore because it simply wouldn’t be fair on the others
considering the lack of effort they’ve put in.'”

Mirjolet listed Linux, Windows, HP-UX and
Acer/Bull/Compaq/IBM/ICL/Motorola/Unisys collaboration Project
Monterey as the operating systems of choice for the new
silicon.

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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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