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Sun's President Dreams of a Linux Future

Sara Chan writes "The Economist has a story analyzing the recent Sun-Microsoft deal. What's especially interesting is the ending. Sun recently promoted Jonathan Schwartz to President and Chief Operating Officer, recognizing the need for radical change if the company is to survive. According to the story, Schwartz's dream is 'to sell deep-discount desktop computers at Wal-Mart, carrying Sun's office applications on top of a Linux operating system'!"

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  1. Edited Photo by LoocSiMit · · Score: 0, Troll

    You just can't get the staff these days. Those photo editors haven't even bothered changing their expressions. It's obvious that Steve's head was originally two feet lower.

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