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To: E_K_S who wrote (27877)	2/16/2000 11:34:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 64865

Wednesday February 16, 10:27 pm Eastern Time This reminds me. It's trash night. Is there some way SUNW could better incorporate LINUX OS into their full range of hardware applications. I know SUNW has announced some strategies to embrace LINUX but IMO it really is not enough. Sun is doing a lot with Linux. You'll note that beta versions of Sparc Linux comes out right along i386. They're mostly leaving the whole Linux thing to Sun resellers though. That was the question I had yesterday, which Qwiksand answered well with the explanation that Sun needs to brand Solaris apart from UNIX and all of it's balkanized baggage. I wonder if Microsoft realizes how many times they've promised to 'go after Sun'? It's gotten to the point where I just read the name 'Microsoft' now and yawn. -JCJ

To: E_K_S who wrote (27877)	2/17/2000 12:04:00 AM
From: paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Eric - I think Sun has an ABI toolkit that maps the Linux API's to Solaris - in the future i would think that Sun would merge the API's directly into Solaris. I think theres a natural affinity with Linux Developers and Java developers - Sun has programs that reaches millions of Java Developers so they should be able to capitalize on this relationship from Linux to Solaris Sparc vs. Say IBM or HP who are more vocal as to how much they love Linux (and NT, and Unix, and Monterey and....)

To: E_K_S who wrote (27877)	2/17/2000 8:28:00 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 64865

Dear Eric: Just want you to know how happy I am to see you say complete SOLUTIONS. That is the key. I presume that any competent manufacturer can put together the necessary hardware. But, as you say, SUNW offers a complete solution (I had been saying system) but like yours better. Even Scott himself admits the bottleneck in increasing revenues even faster is NOT the manufacturing but the PEOPLE needed to properly set up the solution. I am going from memory but I recall him saying it took a long time to train the proper people to do the job and that even recruitment of the right kind of people is no snap. JDN