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To: Dan3 who wrote (169580)	8/18/2002 1:08:40 PM
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Update on SUN adopting Intel Server CPUS - rejecting Quantispeed: Sun Adopts Intel Chips for Line of Servers Using Linux, Solaris Mon Aug 12,12:16 AM ET Sun Microsystems Inc (NasdaqNM: SUNW - News). , taking another step away from its hardware heritage, is adopting Intel Corp (NasdaqNM: INTC - News). chips for a low-end line of server systems that will run the free Linux ( news - web sites) operating system or Sun's Solaris software, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported. The announcement, pegged to the LinuxWorld trade show in San Francisco that begins today, is the latest sign of standardizing forces causing manufacturers to reduce their reliance on proprietary technologies. Sun, which is bundling several programs along with new machines, is trying to outflank hardware-rival International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM - News). while helping to prevent Microsoft Corp (NasdaqNM: MSFT - News). from establishing a dominant position in Internet software. Much of the action is being prompted by Linux, a variant of the Unix ( news - web sites) operating system that has become a rallying cry for many programmers and cost-conscious corporations. Linux, besides being available at little or no charge, can be freely modified by programmers and can run on very inexpensive server systems. Sun, Palo Alto, California, was later than rivals such as IBM and Hewlett- Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ - News). in making a big marketing push around Linux. But it is trying to make up for lost time. Its chief executive officer, Scott McNealy, will deliver one of the first keynotes at the LinuxWorld show. Microsoft for the first time will also have a booth at the trade show. The software company has an interest in trying to building bridges to Linux programmers, who are potential candidates to consider using Microsoft programming technologies. Sun is one of the last major computer makers that still designs its own microprocessor chips. It has long derided other computer makers for relying excessively on Intel. But small Intel-based boxes, stacked in racks in corporate computer rooms, have become the technology of choice for chores such as serving up Web pages or streams of multimedia information, a fact not overlooked by competitors such as IBM, H-P and Dell Computer Corp (NasdaqNM: DELL - News). Wall Street Journal Staff Reporters Don Clark and Lisa Bransten contributed to this report.