Wow! I just might buy some Sun stock on this news!! ;) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 1 10:00:06 > 2003 > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:00:06 -0700 (MST) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Sun to ship OpenBSD on its Intel-based > workstations > > April 1, 2003, 10:50 AM MST > > Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), in a surprise > announcement, has > stated that it will offer the OpenBSD operating > system as the default > operating system for its Intel-based workstations. > The move came > shortly after Sun announced the death of its own > Linux distribution, > internally known as "Mad Hatter Linux". > > This new direction comes on the heels of a strategic > partnership > between Intel and Fujitsu, long-time Sun partner and > manufacturer > of Sparc chips, to build competing Linux-based > servers and mainframe > computers. > > "Our polling shows a strong demand for Sun-branded > Intel workstations > running OpenBSD" said head of Open Source Solutions > Brad S. Downey. > "Customers who wish to run Solaris generally do so > on our > enterprise-strength UltraSparc-based machines. > Anyone can sell a > PC running Linux, here at Sun we strive to > differentiate ourselves > and produce a product with superior hardware and > software. With > its dedication to industrial strength security > OpenBSD allows us > to do just that." Both OpenBSD and Solaris have > their roots in a > version of Unix developed at the University of > California, Berkeley. > Downey stated "Sun engineers are more comfortable > inside the OpenBSD > kernel than they are inside Linux. Furthermore, Sun > has shipped > OpenSSH, an OpenBSD spin off project, for the past > several releases > so we already have good contacts within the OpenBSD > leadership." > > When asked about the recent tiff between OpenBSD > lead Theo de Raadt > and Sun regarding hardware documentation for the > UltraSparc III > CPU, Downey said "We have a good rapport with the > OpenBSD team. > Our assistance in gaining access to hardware > documentation has been > invaluable to them regarding the continued > development of their > UltraSparc port." When asked whether he was worried > about OpenBSD > on the UltraSparc taking market share from Sun's one > Solaris (tm) > operating system, Downey had the following to say: > "We don't see > ourselves as being in direct competition. While > it's true that we > both give away operating systems that run on the > UltraSparc CPU, > Solaris has a much higher version number and our > customers appreciate > that. Now, if OpenBSD were to release a version 10 > tomorrow we > might have a problem." >
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