From: "Adam Flinton" 

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http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030409/1925001275_1.html


"Sun Micro Considering AMD's Opteron Chip for Server Wednesday April
9, 7:25 pm ET
By Mark Boslet

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqNM:SUNW - News) said it
is considering using Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s new Opteron chip in a
server it expects to deliver to the market shortly, a spokesman said."



"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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>
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2913225,00.html
>
> " When I interviewed Sun chief engineer Rob Gingell last August, he hinted
> at a blurring of the lines between Linux and Solaris, if not an outright
> merger. Said Gingell: "Five years from now, when all the tribes
intermarry,
> who is going to know what's Solaris and what's Linux, and who's going to
> care?" "
>
> I wonder how much Opteron has to do with this?
>
> Adam
>
>

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