April 5, 2009
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As I write this, on Sunday evening, April 5th, it appears that the IBM/Sun deal is dead in the water. I say ‘appears’ because this wouldn’t be the first, or last, time people threatened to walk out of a deal … Continue reading
April 3, 2009
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n the last few years, Sun Microsystems has warmed up to open-sourcing its software. In 2006, Sun opened up Java, and in 2007 it open-sourced most of Solaris under the GPLv3. Smaller, side projects, like NetBeans, the Java-based IDE were … Continue reading
April 3, 2009
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By this time next week, IBM will have bought Sun at a cut-rate price. I’d long thought Sun was going to down for the count, so the news that IBM was moving in didn’t surprise me. What happens next though? … Continue reading
March 18, 2009
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The news broke this morning, March 18th, that IBM is talking to Sun about buying the company. Sources from both companies tell me that such a deal is in the works and it may be completed as early as this … Continue reading
December 4, 2008
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I can set up a Linux desktop from bare metal to working customized desktop in about an hour. I can set up several dozens Linux desktops for an SMB (small to medium sized business) in a day. I can’t, however, … Continue reading
September 24, 2008
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Bad standards and standard wars are an all too common part of modern information technology. Now, IBM has announced that it’s not going to put up with them anymore. And, yes, Microsoft, IBM is looking at you. In a statement, … Continue reading