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The Register: Sun Speeds Opteron Gear, Squeezes SuSE

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 16, 2005

“Solaris x86 ranks as priority one at Sun Microsystems, but the
company has not forgotten about its Linux clientele. Fans of the
penguin will see price cuts on older versions of Sun’s
Opteron-based servers as well as new, faster versions of this kit.
Sun has thrown in a SuSE upgrade for its user base too.

“Sun has packed its servers and workstations with the fresh
round of Opterons released this week by AMD. The company’s hardware
will now use the Model 252 and 852 Opterons, which run at
2.6GHz…”

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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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