Models of utility computing promoted by Sun, IBM and Hewlett-Packard need a "reality check", said a senior Dell executive.
Sun Microsystems has agreed to acquire Aduva, a small company whose products automate the installation of software patches on large numbers of Solaris or Linux computers.
Sun Microsystems will build software into its forthcoming Solaris 10 version of Unix to run Linux applications unchanged.
Sun Microsystems and Archipelago Holdings plan to build an electronic exchange where companies can buy or sell processing power, a step Sun hopes will further its vision that such power will become a true commodity.
Sun Microsystems has fulfilled its pledge to make its newest version of the Solaris operating system available for free.
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Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives said Tuesday.
Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failedÂÂâ€"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity marketâ€"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?
Executive Irving Wladawsky-Berger helped steer Big Blue to the Internet, Linux and open-source computing. His newest mission: grid computing.
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