[Am-info] Sun broadens support for Linux

[Fred A. Miller]

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http://www.sun.com/2002-0206/linux/

'Sun broadens support for Linux: aggressive new program expands the 
role of Linux on entry-level servers'

Apart from our natural distaste at the deployment of the word' 
aggressive' where 'vigorous' or 'active' was meant, are we quiet 
because no-one knows, or because no-one thinks it will make much 
difference?

Sun don't say anything too much about what Linux they mean, and there's 
a strong emphasis on developing the Cobalt 'appliance' type machine, 
but they also promise:

    'Sun will ship for the first time a full implementation of Linux on 
a new line of general-purpose servers aimed at providing "edge" 
services to environments such as workgroups and remote offices. New 
single-and multiprocessor systems, to be announced mid-year, will use 
the x86 architecture and be capable of running thousands of Linux 
applications natively.'

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org

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