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Sun Announces New x86 Servers

Posted by michael on from the slumming-with-linux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sun announced the new V60x and V65x servers (1U and 2U respectively). The 1U has 2.8GHz Xeon CPUs and the 2U has 3.06GHz Xeon CPUs. They also announced a partnership with RedHat and Oracle running on these boxes. RedHat will also start shipping Sun's Java with their distribution."

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  1. Sun and X86 by Bame+Flait · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm eagerly awaiting their move into adult markets with XXX86 servers. And Windows XXXP support!

    Incidentally, Pr0stx0r fr1stx0r

    Bitches

    1. Re:Sun and X86 by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

      "And Windows XXXP support!"

      Complete with Orifice XP!

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  2. "An anonymous reader" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From 68-248.sun.com

  3. Why not.. Follow SGI by acomj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow.. I mean it worked so well for SGI, its a wonder everyone doesn't realease servers like this..

  4. RedHat + Sun Java = w00t by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    RedHat will also start shipping Sun's Java with their distribution

    w00t. One less thing I have to do after install.

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  5. But how could this be??? by SashaM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wasn't it a well established fact that Except for SCO, none of the primary UNIX vendors ever developed a UNIX "flavor" to operate on an Intel-based processor chip set.

  6. Re:wow by andy1307 · · Score: 3, Funny
    they had the "One" platform

    Sun-One as in Sun and their stock price a year from now...

  7. Sun x86 servers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowolf Cluster of THESE!!!

  8. Re:Why Oracle? by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    And people don't need Oracle databases. Most of the free SQL flavors work just fine, thank you.

    Give me PostgreSQL or MySQL any day over Oracle crap

    Let me guess... you're 18 and haven't had your "introduction to Relation Databases" class yet, right? Kid, go away, you're bothering me.

  9. Re:Competing Solaris against Linux by LordBodak · · Score: 1, Funny

    Or if you listen to SCO, Solaris for x86 doesn't exist!

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