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TEC Blog. TEC Home About TEC Contact Us About the Bloggers RSS. Nov. 14. 6,000 Jobs Slashed at Sun Microsystem. Filed Under (Industry ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/11/14/6000-jobs-slashed-at-sun-microsystem/ - 37k - 2008-11-14

Will Sun Burn Linux with 'Free' Solaris?

by R. Krause ... Sun Burn Linux with "Free" Solaris? ... Sun Microsystems has eliminated licensing fees for Solaris 8 in an effort to boost its appeal against Linux and Windows NT. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_02_02_00_2.asp - 7k - 2000-02-02 Summary: Sun Microsystems has eliminated licensing fees for Solaris 8 and its source code.

IBM Taking on Sun in Web Infrastructure?

by R. Krause ... Taking on Sun in Web Infrastructure? ... CEO Lou Gerstner has given his crew their marching orders: "get out and be aggressive" against Sun. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_05_19_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-05-19 Summary: IBM has decided to take on Sun in the Internet infrastructure arena. What do they bring to the table? And who will win the war of words?

eBay Looking For Sun Block?

by R. Krause ... Looking For Sun Block? R. Krause - May 26, 2000 Event Summary. ... The main eBay servers are Sun's E10000 "Starfire", their largest server product. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_05_26_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-05-26 Summary: The now-infamous 1999 shutdowns of the eBay website has led them to consider alternatives to their current Sun infrastructure.

IBM Aims Renamed UNIX Server at Sun

by R. Krause ... Aims Renamed UNIX Server at Sun R. Krause - November 2, 2000 Event Summary. [Source: IBM] 10/16/2000. ... IBM is clearly continuing its assault on Sun. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/11/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_11_02_00_1.asp - 12k - 2000-11-02 Summary: In the latest phase of its campaign to unseat Sun as the dominant Internet server brand, IBM has released a slew of performance benchmarks for its 'eServer pSeries' UNIX server.

Sun Buys Cobalt

by R. Krause ... September 19, 2000 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Under the terms of the deal, Cobalt shareholders will swap each of their shares for 0.5 shares of Sun stock. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/09/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_09_29_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-09-29 Summary: Sun has finally decided to move into the server appliance arena, by purchasing Cobalt Networks, a leader in that marketplace.

Sun to 'Community Source' Almost Everything

by R. Krause ... IDG News Service\San Francisco Bureau November 18, 1999. Sun Microsystems Inc. ... Under the community-sourcing model, Sun charges commercial users a license fee. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/1999/11/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_11_24_99_2.asp - 6k - 1999-11-24 Summary: Sun Microsystems Inc. is working towards eventually 'community sourcing' as much of its software as possible, according to company Co-founder and Chief Scientist Bill Joy.

IBM’s Unix Servers Eclipse Sun

by R. Krause ... Unix Servers Eclipse Sun R. Krause - March 31st, 2000 Event Summary. [Reuters] March 10, 2000. NEW YORK - IBM Corp. sold nearly three ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/03/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_03_31_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-03-31 Summary: IBM’s latest RS/6000 server, the high-end S80, outsold Sun Microsystems’ E10000 by almost three-to-one in the fourth quarter. Who cares – it’s the performance and price that may end up burning Sun.

Analysis of Novell's Announced Support for Sun's Solaris 8 ...

by P. Hayes ... of Novell's Announced Support for Sun's Solaris 8 Operating Environment P. Hayes - February 4th, 2000 Event Summary. NEW YORK, Jan. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_GW_MPH_02_04_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-02-04 Summary: We do not see Sun Solaris administrators implementing any Novell NDS package.

New Storage Array from Sun

by R. Krause ... Storage Array from Sun R. Krause - July 13, 2000 Event Summary. June 14, 2000 [Source: Sun Microsystems]. Sun Microsystems Inc. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_13_00_1.asp - 11k - 2000-07-13 Summary: Sun has launched an attempt to break into the ranks of large-scale and enterprise storage system vendors like EMC, IBM, and Compaq.