Sun eyes tighter IBM relationship
Now that IBM has agreed to support Solaris on the x86 hardware platform, Sun Microsystems executives are hoping that this may be the catalyst for a range of other agreements that could lead to more choices and more flexibility for IT departments.
01 August 2005
At the top of Sun`s list is having IBM become the first top-tier OEM for Solaris to help push the operating system deeper into the enterprise, but IBM officials are pouring cold water on the idea.
John Loiacono, Sun`s executive vice president for software, is calling for IBM to place Solaris on an equal footing with the Linux distributions it ships from Novell`s SuSE and Red Hat.
“I would like to see IBM support Solaris 10 as an OEM, but they have different rules about how they do OEM deals. But I would like to see them treat Solaris 10 with [a status equal] to how they treat their Linux distributions,” Loiacono said.
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