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Silicon.com: Sun Slams IBM’s Desktop Confusion

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 22, 2004

“Sun has offered IBM the benefit of its ‘experience’ if Big Blue
decides it wants to implement a wholesale move to the Linux
desktop.

“In a memo issued on Wednesday, Sun’s software executive
vice-president Jonathan Schwartz said his company is firmly
committed to a wholesale move from the Microsoft desktop —
possibly in the next six months — and is prepared to help IBM do
the same.

“‘We’re not waiting for 2005 to migrate all of Sun to a
non-Microsoft desktop. By the end of this calendar year —
potentially by summer — we’ll be there,’ he said…”


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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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