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The company is continuing its effort to integrate Linux interfaces into its Solaris OS, a move that would make it easier to bring programs based on Linux to Solaris machines. Stephen Shankland worked ...

When I interviewed Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell last August, he hinted at a blurring of the lines between Linux and Solaris, if not an outright merger. Said Gingell: "Five years from now, when all ...

While continuing its recent embrace of Linux and the Intel architecture, Sun Microsystems nonetheless remains committed to its own Sparc chip architecture and Solaris Unix operating system. The ...

"When Solaris 10 goes GA [general availability], it will represent the most significant release by Sun of any kindhardware or softwarein 10 years," said Marc Maselli, president of Back Bay ...

The company unveiled its first-ever servers based on Intel microprocessors, offering customers and solution providers a choice of Linux and Solaris operating systems. "This is a new hardware direction ...

Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to ...