ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Looking Back, Looking Ahead | Linux Today

ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 27, 2005

“Just over two years ago, we launched this column with a quick
look at Sun Microsystems, which had managed to make headlines twice
that week by snuggling up closer to SCO and making a beta release
of the Orion ‘software train.’

“We also picked up on some industry support for Apple’s
Rendezvous (which, thanks to a trademark dispute and an ongoing
case of francophilia in Cupertino, is now ‘Bonjour’) and Sun’s
attempt to abscond with HP customers yet unsold on Itanium (which
we were calling ‘Itanium 2’ at the time, because it seemed
polite)…”

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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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