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[The Duke of URL]

Petz:

I would not be totally shocked, but I would be very surprised if a Sun 64 bit operating system is now running on a Opteron x86.

This is verbatim what the press release says: Note it is carryfully worded to mislead:

We're the only company that delivers an enterprise proven UNIX operating system on x86 with Solaris. For customers that want to run Linux we provide systems with screaming performance and broad application support.

It seems to say that Unix is the operating system and Solaris is the Application.

http://www.hostreview.com/news/news/040816Sun.html

Maybe we should have Goldman Sacks and Dougsf do a joint press release to clarify. ::)))

Gee. :))

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this is from the sun website news release:

Sun has effectively upstaged HP by offering systems that support Linux, can offer better performance, and deliver a clear path to Solaris for customers that want to run Unix. In addition, Sun is helping developers and ISVs protect their technology investments by making it easy to port from HP to Sun systems based on the AMD Opteron processor, through the Migration to Sun platforms program.