Sun.com: A Closer Look at Linux | Linux Today

Sun.com: A Closer Look at Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 20, 2002

“When Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it was broadening support
for the open source operating system, Linux, on its low-end
commercial servers, Sun.com readers responded. What does this move
mean for Sun’s products and technologies, its customers, and
software developers? More than 1500 readers responded to the
feature story, Sun Broadens Support for Linux, posted last
month.

“To answer those questions, Sun vice president and general
manager, Anil Gadre, joined with Stephen DeWitt, vice president and
general manager of Content Delivery and Edge Computing at Sun
Microsystems, to articulate the finer points of Sun’s strategy for
offering Linux on its server systems. Read on for details of how
Sun’s support of open source technologies can help customers meet
their business needs with the right products–based on open
architectures and industry standards–while still protecting their
investments in Sun systems and technologies…”

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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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