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    Sun Microsystems chose to employ the human touch when it introduced more than five million lines of Solaris source code onto the Internet.

  • Sun advances Solaris for Intel

    Sun Microsystems has taken additional steps in its effort to increase the hardware support that's needed to make a version of its Solaris operating system for Intel processors useful.

  • Sun preps Solaris 10 for Linux

    Sun Microsystems will build software into its forthcoming Solaris 10 version of Unix to run Linux applications unchanged.

  • Sun to release first OpenSolaris scrap Tuesday

    Sun Microsystems will begin releasing its Solaris operating system as open-source software on Tuesday, starting with a new performance analysis and debugging tool called Dynamic Tracing.

  • Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software

    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.

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  • Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software

    Sun Microsystems plans to release the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers.

  • Sun signs second Linux partnership

    Sun Microsystems signs a deal to incorporate SuSE's version of the Linux operating system in its servers, the company's second step in moving beyond its own version of Linux.

  • Sun's processor plans slip a notch

    Two high-end chip models from Sun Microsystems look likely to debut later than expected, putting a wrinkle in the server maker's ambitious plan to revamp its processor lines.

  • SCO fees may hit some Linux users

    SCO Group, the struggling company that holds the copyright to the Unix operating system, plans to boost its revenue by charging fees to some customers who have moved from its products to Linux.

  • Turning a corner with the new Itanium

    The move to Itanium has meant a rocky road for Hewlett-Packard's high-end server group. But the man leading the company's transition to the Intel chip believes the worst potholes are in the rear-view mirror.

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