YEAH. I think I just might sell my four million shares of them too.
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 12:35, John Hebert wrote: > Wow! I just might buy some Sun stock on this news!! > ;) > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 1 10:00:06 > > 2003 > > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:00:06 -0700 (MST) > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Sun to ship OpenBSD on its Intel-based > > workstations > > > > April 1, 2003, 10:50 AM MST > > > > Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), in a surprise > > announcement, has > > stated that it will offer the OpenBSD operating > > system as the default > > operating system for its Intel-based workstations. > > The move came > > shortly after Sun announced the death of its own > > Linux distribution, > > internally known as "Mad Hatter Linux". > > > > This new direction comes on the heels of a strategic > > partnership > > between Intel and Fujitsu, long-time Sun partner and > > manufacturer > > of Sparc chips, to build competing Linux-based > > servers and mainframe > > computers. > > > > "Our polling shows a strong demand for Sun-branded > > Intel workstations > > running OpenBSD" said head of Open Source Solutions > > Brad S. Downey. > > "Customers who wish to run Solaris generally do so > > on our > > enterprise-strength UltraSparc-based machines. > > Anyone can sell a > > PC running Linux, here at Sun we strive to > > differentiate ourselves > > and produce a product with superior hardware and > > software. With > > its dedication to industrial strength security > > OpenBSD allows us > > to do just that." Both OpenBSD and Solaris have > > their roots in a > > version of Unix developed at the University of > > California, Berkeley. > > Downey stated "Sun engineers are more comfortable > > inside the OpenBSD > > kernel than they are inside Linux. Furthermore, Sun > > has shipped > > OpenSSH, an OpenBSD spin off project, for the past > > several releases > > so we already have good contacts within the OpenBSD > > leadership." > > > > When asked about the recent tiff between OpenBSD > > lead Theo de Raadt > > and Sun regarding hardware documentation for the > > UltraSparc III > > CPU, Downey said "We have a good rapport with the > > OpenBSD team. > > Our assistance in gaining access to hardware > > documentation has been > > invaluable to them regarding the continued > > development of their > > UltraSparc port." When asked whether he was worried > > about OpenBSD > > on the UltraSparc taking market share from Sun's one > > Solaris (tm) > > operating system, Downey had the following to say: > > "We don't see > > ourselves as being in direct competition. While > > it's true that we > > both give away operating systems that run on the > > UltraSparc CPU, > > Solaris has a much higher version number and our > > customers appreciate > > that. Now, if OpenBSD were to release a version 10 > > tomorrow we > > might have a problem." > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
