Techworld: Novell Lays Into Sun Solaris

Mar 14, 2007, 14:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Manek Dubash)

"We featured Red Hat in a recent article, where we argued that Red Hat's business model was under attack.

"The attack, which is coming from two flanks, started with Oracle which last October decided to resell Red Hat Enterprise Linux alongside its eponymous database. And an initiative by Sun, announced in January, aims to undercut Red Hat with a support package that makes open source Solaris half as expensive to run as Red Hat's Linux. Jim Craig, Sun's UK software marketing manager, pitched open sourced Solaris as a contender for Red Hat's crown..."

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