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Sun jumps to Linux 5.0
News As part of Sun's move to introduce a budget Linux-based server, the company will also make available its own secure distribution of the open-source Linux operating system, for which it plans to provide full support.
[August 13, 2002, 10:35]
Sun sets out expanded Linux range
News Sun Microsystems plans to expand its Linux software portfolio substantially during the coming year, including a version of its Java server software suite. Sun is preparing a version of its Java Enterprise System -- a bundle of Java server software...
[January 21, 2004, 9:15]
Sun attacks IBM's Linux strategy
News Sun has offered IBM the benefit of its "experience" if Big Blue decides it wants to implement a wholesale move to the Linux desktop. Sun's Schwartz attacked IBM for refusing to resell Linux and for its unwillingness to legally indemnify customers...
[January 22, 2004, 12:50]
Wal-Mart starts selling Sun's Linux PCs
News Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has begun selling Microtel PCs that come with Sun Microsystems' version of the Linux operating system. Sun sells corporate users the Java Desktop System -- based on SuSE Linux -- at a price of $50 per...
[March 31, 2004, 9:45]
Sun puts the pressure on Windows with $25 Java Desktop
News Sun is hoping to increase the penetration of Linux on the enterprise desktop by slashing the price of its Java Desktop System, which is designed to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system and Office suite.
[December 4, 2003, 11:15]
HP crows over poaching of Sun customers
News Hewlett-Packard has garnered $75m (£41m) in revenue in 2003 through a programme that encourages customers of rival Sun Microsystems to move to HP servers that run Linux, the company said on Wednesday.
[January 22, 2004, 10:35]
IBM Unix servers take battle to the mid-range
News The company is preparing to launch native Linux on all its pSeries machines. It currently runs hosted Linux in logical partitions alongside IBM's own AIX operating system. The native Linux will complement Aix, said Sanchez: "Aix is the operating...
[November 11, 2002, 5:00]
Sun offers business-friendly grid software
News Sun has signed a partnership under which German Linux seller SuSE will distribute the lower-end grid product. Sun provides the software for Solaris and Linux, but because the project is open source, other versions exist for different versions of...
[June 6, 2002, 9:54]
Java flaws open door to hackers
News Sun Microsystems has fixed a pair of security bugs in Java that could be exploited by attackers to take over computers running Windows, Linux and Solaris. Both flaws affect J2SE 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1 for Windows, Solaris and Linux.
[June 15, 2005, 10:10]
Lenovo deal could open doors for JDS
Talkback But for non-geeks, I've found that Sun JDS linux currently selling at $50 per desktop, per year, it's a great deal. To geeks I recommend SUSE or Fedora. I only wish Windows emulation (wine) was included as part of the base JDS package.
[December 11, 2004, 4:08]
CitiStreet Hits the Road Running With Red Hat
White Papers CitiStreet deployed an open source software and JBoss Application Server 3.2 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Sun Java Virtual Machine 5.0. Founded in April 2000 as a joint venture between Citigroup and State Street Corporation, CitiStreet is...
[November 12, 2008, 0:01]
Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
News Sun Microsystems has quietly released a version of its Java Desktop System software based on Solaris, a new step in the company's plan to try to transfer some of Linux's glory to its own operating system.
[October 14, 2004, 9:05]
Sun middleware embraces rival operating systems
News Sun has a new JDS partners programme for Linux makers, which it hopes will bring the desktop software suite to Linux versions such as Gentoo, Yellow Dog, There are no commitments yet from Linux providers, but Sun is close to striking some deals, he...
[October 26, 2005, 9:20]
Java Desktop System reaches version two
News Sun Microsystems plans to release on Tuesday the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers, augmenting the software with new management and programming tools.
[June 1, 2004, 9:15]
Sun to charge for next StarOffice
News In a move that could undercut its anti-Microsoft campaign, Sun Microsystems plans to start charging for the next version of its StarOffice software, a suite of programs that competes with Microsoft Office but runs on Linux and Solaris as well as...
[February 26, 2002, 10:10]
UnitedLinux prepares first beta
News Sun Microsystems, which this month launches Sun Linux 5.0 -- its first Linux distribution -- also said it has no plans to join. Sun Linux 5.0 is based on Red Hat 7.2. UnitedLinux, the project uniting the operating system software of Caldera...
[August 14, 2002, 13:49]
IBM plans revamp of server pricing
News The Datacenter pricing matches how Red Hat and Novell charge for all their versions of Linux. Devices such as dual-core x86 devices are 50 PVU per core, and Sun's T1 octicore is 30 PVU — making that chip 240 PVU in total.
[July 25, 2006, 8:40]
Red Hat launches desktop Linux
News Perhaps closest to Red Hat's approach is that of Sun Microsystems, whose SuSE Linux-based Java Desktop System costs $100 per employee per year (though discounted to $50 through June 2). Red Hat's primary target has been Unix, the operating system...
[May 4, 2004, 13:35]
Researchers warn of XML library flaws
News Sun said in an advisory that the XML problems in Java, which affect Windows, Solaris and Linux, were resolved in Java SE and Java SE for Business releases JDK and JRE 6 Update 15 or later, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 20 or later.
[August 6, 2009, 13:06]
Gartner: Open source on Windows is the future
News Despite making attempts to give Solaris an open-source spin, Dawson said that Sun is positioning Solaris as an effective alternative for some customers to Linux. However he warned that if Sun fails to make Solaris a good enough alternative in the...
[June 23, 2006, 14:30]
