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eWEEK Labs on IBM/Sun: Open-Source Community Would Win
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| There is a lot of overlap for IBM and Sun in the areas of open source and
| operating systems, and in this case, that's a good thing. Solaris would give
| IBM a better Unix operating system than IBM's AIX, and the deal could enable
| IBM to take advantage of the significant open-source work that Sun has done.
| The combination of IBM and such open-source technologies as OpenSolaris,
| StarOffice and MySQL could mean a richer, happier open-source community.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/eWEEK-Labs-on-IBMSun-OpenSource-Community-Would-Win-453473/?kc=rss
http://tinyurl.com/dnfeh8
Sun Microsystems a longtime leader in innovation
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| So as news swept Silicon Valley on Wednesday that Sun was in talks to be
| acquired by IBM, the reaction included a poignant, even bittersweet, sense of
| irony.
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http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_11945023
Sun: Open source frees CIOs (and others) from 'slavery'
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| Vendors can build revenues from services and subscriptions, while CIOs, CEOs
| and the businesses they lead are freed from the "slavery" of traditional
| software procurement processes, said Sun's Simon Phipps, speaking at a Sun
| developers conference in New York City.
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| In the midst of industry speculation that IBM might buy Sun for some $6.5
| billion, Sun also used the event this week to announce the Sun Open Cloud
| Platform, a.k.a., "Sun Cloud," along with the first two services from Sun to
| be based on the new private and public cloud environment.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sun-Open-source-frees-CIOs-and-others-from-slavery/1237418723
Recent:
IBM Sun acquisition: Good for Unix and Linux. Bad for HP
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| IBM is reportedly in talks to acquire Sun for a whopping $6.5 billion. At
| this early stage, its not known whether this is a fact or just a rumor.
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| But just for the sake of argument, let's consider what a powerhouse IBM Sun
| would be. In my opinion, it would be a boon to both the Unix and Linux
| markets.
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http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/03/ibm-sun-acquisition-good-for-u.html
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