Sun set on server business?
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| Jonathan Schwartz has done a great favor for his own customers, and may
| increase software revenues down the road. But all his spin is really lipstick
| on a pig.
|
| In many ways, Sun is becoming Red Hat.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1336
Mark Webbink (Red Hat): Connecting Dots
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| First, IBM and Novell announced a new partnership on the desktop and in
| relation to IBM's Websphere Community Edition. Aimed directly at Red Hat's
| JBoss Application Server, this move is fascinating in that it represents the
| prodigal son returning to the IBM fold, apparently with complete foregiveness
| for entering that deal with Microsoft. There is no question that this move by
| IBM will challenge Red Hat/JBoss. And as for the great offense that IBM took
| with Novell for cozying up to Microsoft, all you have to do is look at the
| next event.
|
| The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council sent out their invite for
| upcoming events this week. One of those events is entitled: Microsoft &
| Novell - Building Bridges. On its face you would expect this to be one of
| those Microsoft - Novell events trying to justify and promote their
| relationship. However, this invitation was more interesting given the session
| sponsors: IBM and the Choate law firm. (Sorry, that little tidbit is not
| available on the MTLC website; it was included in the e-mail invitation.) So
| here we have IBM sponsoring a session that attempts to rationalize and buy
| into the theory that the Microsoft - Novell deal is actually promoting
| interoperability.
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http://walkingwithelephants.blogspot.com/2007/08/connecting-dots.html
Related:
IBM Expands Support for the Solaris OS on x86 Systems
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| The agreement announced today is an extension of IBM's existing support for
| the Solaris OS on select IBM BladeCenter servers, and exemplifies IBM's
| commitment to offering clients the widest choice of operating systems
| available in the industry, as well as Sun's commitment to offer customers a
| wider choice of systems for the Solaris platform.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070816/aqth080.html?.v=16
Wind River is on the block: IBM is lead buyer
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| Wind River, a leader in real-time and embedded Linux is up for sale. Sources
| close to the deal say IBM is the buyer.
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http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2007/08/wind_river_is_o.php
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