“Sun is expected to make its ‘free Solaris’ campaign the
centerpiece of its Solaris 8 unveiling, which takes place this
Wednesday in New York City. At that event, Sun also is expected to
announce it will open up access to Solaris 8 source code.”
“Microsoft’s not Sun’s only worry. Sun must fend off growing
encroachments by Linux, which not only is free but also is becoming
more robust with help from Sun competitors IBM Corp., Intel Corp.
and Hewlett-Packard Co.”
“Sun President Ed Zander told financial analysts last week
that Sun will never adopt Linux as its operating system but will
instead ‘put every ounce of R&D we have into Solaris.’
‘It amazes me to watch IBM and all those other companies chase
Linux the way they did Windows NT five years ago,’ Zander
said.”
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