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Sun reaffirms it commitment to bring Solaris to Itanium |
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March
6, 2000. WASHINGTON,
Mar 5: Sun Microsystems and Intel are in a high stake game of chicken in a
debate about which company needs the other more in the e-commerce world,
reports agency. Two
weeks ago, Intel said it was rapidly winding down efforts to bring Sun’s
Solaris operating system to Intel’s upcoming flag ship Itanium chip.
Sun, said Intel, wasn’t dong enough to encourage software companies to
rework their programs for the effort. This
week, Sun reaffirmed its commitment to bring Solaris to Itanium and its
successors in the 64-bit family, with or without help from Intel. However,
doubts linger on how deep this commitment will go and what the final
result will be. “Sun
would like to hedge their bets, (although) Sun would rather remain
independent and prove that they don’t need Intel,” said Robert Francis
Group analyst Cal Braunstein. Whether
Sun and Intel are allies or enemies will determine a crucial part of the
Internet landscape of the future. If the companies were allies, then Sun
would get another new high-performance chip to bolster its market position
and spread its software philosophy. Intel would get to sell systems using
one of the most popular operating systems for Internet operations. But
if the companies separate, Sun is left with all its eggs in one basket,
because all its UltraSpare chips are made by a single company, Texas
Instruments (TI). Source:
The Independent |