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Unix, Linux Insiders Express Skepticism About Sun-Novell Buyout
LAS VEGAS—No doubt, the attendees at the SCO Forum conference here and at the LinuxWorld show in San Francisco couldn’t be further apart in their viewpoints of Unix operating systems. But when it comes to the notion of Sun Microsystems Inc. buying Novell Inc., they appeared to have one reaction in common: disbelief. The news…
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Sun to Demo Sun Ray Linux at LinuxWorld
SAN FRANCISCO— Sun Microsystems Inc. will demonstrate a new version of its SunRay thin-client computing technology for Linux at this week’s LinuxWorld conference here. The company is also announcing the release of its C, C++ and Fortran development tools for Linux. The new SunRay software, which Sun plans to release in the last quarter of…
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IBM, HP Map Linux Migration Plans
IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. are putting renewed pressure on Sun Microsystems Inc. with new solutions to help customers and ISVs move away from SPARC/Solaris and onto Linux. At this week’s LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco, IBM will announce new resources to help ISVs and developers port Linux applications to the company’s Power microprocessor architecture, which…
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Channels Pose Challenge for Data Management
In its race with archrival Office Depot Inc., Staples Inc. is tackling a problem that retailers in many markets are facing: coordination of a variety of sales channels. “The big buzzword today is to have a customer-focused organization because you have all these channels,” said Patti Freeman Davis, an analyst at JupiterResearch, in New York.…
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Sun, Novell to Merge?
Sun Microsystems Inc. is considering making an attempt to acquire Novell Inc., a move that would have enormous repercussions for competitor IBM. In an interview with eWEEK, Sun President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Schwartz acknowledged that the Santa Clara, Calif., company is considering making a move to buy Novell, saying that such a move…
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SCO Readies New OpenServer Unix
LAS VEGAS— On Monday, The SCO Group Inc. will announce the release of the developer preview of Legend, the next major release of its flagship Unix operating system, SCO OpenServer, at is annual partner show, SCO Forum. This new version of SCO’s OpenServer goes into beta in September. SCO hopes to release it to distribution…
