Sun turns Microsoft Windows server OEM

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Sep 13, 2007 4:04 AM EDT
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Having recently rediscovered itself as a systems company, Sun Microsystems has been welcomed into Microsoft's vast and growing family of OEM partners. Expanding the companies' three-year-old interoperability pact, Sun has agreed to ship Microsoft's dated but important Windows Server 2003 operating system pre-installed on its x64 machines. The companies will also co-operate on go-to-market activities for the machines. Also notable: the deal does not stretch to Microsoft's planned Windows Server 2003 replacement - Windows Server 2008 - meaning Sun will be shipping an operating system that's several years old.

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Oh no! Better start ripping all that Java out dinotrac 41 1,361 Sep 13, 2007 2:03 PM

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