internetnews.com: Sun Steps Up Linux (Lightly)

“Sun Microsystems made strides this week with its Linux
strategy, releasing updated Sun ONE compiler code for both its
low-end SPARC and Intel’s x86 platforms, and adopting common Linux
distributions instead of pushing its own version.

“But analysts also say the tech giant’s overall Linux approach
is still tentative and confusing in places, and needs to evolve
more quickly.

“Sun’s Linux strategy ‘is a story of fits and starts, stops and
turns that don’t seem to play coherently with users that I talk
to,’ said George Weiss, a Gartner analyst who covers Linux
operating systems…”

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