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IBM & Sun Agreement Puts Pressure on HP

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the things-heating-up dept.

eldavojohn writes "IBM has turned to long time rival Sun in an effort to bring Solaris to its mainframes. Sun may be taking this chance to drop out of the server market while at the same time capture Solaris subscriptions via IBM sales. Either way, this certainly pressures HP in the server department."

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  1. Re:Not really mainframes by the_humeister · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, it's just so weird to write "IBM/Solaris". :-)


    Make that GNU/IBM/Solaris...

    Thanks you! I'll be here all week...
  2. Re:Another nail in the server coffin for HP by afidel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hahahaha, HP makes the best x86/x64 servers on the market right now. iLo, quickstart, foundation pack, etc all make HP's way easier to manage then the competition. Not only that but 6Hr call to repair is impossible to beat in the x86 world. The only thing that's slightly lacking is first and second level support, but I almost never need them and as soon as they start wasting my time I ask for the duty manager so I can get an SME on the phone.

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  3. Re:Possible Futures of Possible Pasts by porky_pig_jr · · Score: 4, Funny

    If sun had bought Apple, z-frames would have the iPod slot (and come with an optional matching white color).

  4. Ahem . . . by hawk · · Score: 2, Funny

    That should be GNU/IBM/Solaris, thank you. :)

    hawk, whistling innocently

  5. I for one... by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...welcome our new IBM/Sun overlo-- wait a second! They've always been our overlords!

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  6. Re:out of the server market? by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't know, Sun is investing quite a bit in their new niagra processors, so why would they get out of the server business?

    They're also investing in a new line of viagra processors, which promise longer up-time.

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  7. Re:Nah, this'll never fly by Xiaran · · Score: 4, Funny

    the big one is that they know how it works all the way down to the metal and they can get someone on site in 4 hours who can fix it

    I admire your optimism. I was young once :)