“Sun Microsystems took some time to snipe back at
Hewlett-Packard Monday, responding to HP’s attempt last week to
turn perceived weakness on Sun’s part into an HP migration
plan.“On Friday, HP offered a ‘Linux lifeline to Sun customers’ in
the form of a sales and service program intended to help Sun
Solaris customers move to Linux. The company said Sun customers who
sign up for its plan will get a combination of assessment, porting
and migration services valued at about $25,000, covering up to
three applications the customer wants to move to an HP ProLiant
server running Linux. The customer would get use of the server for
up to 30 days for proof of concept testing, and the plan also
includes an HP StorageWorks storage area network assessment.“But Sun moved to poke holes in the plan Monday, calling the
plan little more than a ‘PR campaign’ with ‘little substance, no
real money and no value proposition…'”
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