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internetnews.com: Sun Challenges IBM to Port to Solaris

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 21, 2005

“Sun Microsystems President and COO Jonathan Schwartz threw down
the gauntlet in front of IBM, calling for the company to be more
open and interoperable.

“In a letter on his Web log addressed to IBM CEO Sam Palmisano,
Schwartz called for IBM to port its various software applications,
including DB2, WebSphere and Tivoli, to run on Sun’s Solaris 10
operating system for the x86 platform…”

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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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