May, 2003 : Sun and Red Hat Enter Distribution Agreement
📅 - Computer systems developer Sun Microsystems (sun.com) announced Monday that it has entered into an alliance with Red Hat (redhat.com) to distribute its Enterprise Linux operating system. Under the terms of the agreement, Sun will be selling and supporting all x86 versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In turn, Red Hat will distribute Sun's Java Virtual Machine (JVM) with the Red Hat Linux Enterprise platform.
The companies believe that the combination of Java and Linux give enterprise customers a cost-effective and reliable alternative to the Microsoft platform.
"This global alliance underscores Java's central role in the evolution of the Internet and the critical function open source and communities play in driving innovation," said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president, software, Sun Microsystems. "The combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Sun's x86 systems affirms our commitment to the open source community. This relationship is the first of many efforts we expect to drive together with Red Hat on the Linux and Java front."
Tim Buckley, chief operating offer at Red Hat, lauded the new relationship. "We are excited to be partnering with Sun to provide enterprise customers and software developers with our standards-based operating platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is built on open source technology, and is proven as a secure, reliable, and high performing environment," he said. "Sun's decision to implement Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their hardware and software solutions furthers our goal to expand offerings to customers who want to develop and deploy integrated solutions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Java, from the smallest of devices to multi node clusters."
The agreement also calls for Sun, in collaboration with Red Hat, to provide services and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux solutions will be available from Sun by summer 2003.
Red Hat is an open source and Linux provider headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sun Microsystems is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
The companies believe that the combination of Java and Linux give enterprise customers a cost-effective and reliable alternative to the Microsoft platform.
"This global alliance underscores Java's central role in the evolution of the Internet and the critical function open source and communities play in driving innovation," said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president, software, Sun Microsystems. "The combination of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Sun's x86 systems affirms our commitment to the open source community. This relationship is the first of many efforts we expect to drive together with Red Hat on the Linux and Java front."
Tim Buckley, chief operating offer at Red Hat, lauded the new relationship. "We are excited to be partnering with Sun to provide enterprise customers and software developers with our standards-based operating platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is built on open source technology, and is proven as a secure, reliable, and high performing environment," he said. "Sun's decision to implement Red Hat Enterprise Linux for their hardware and software solutions furthers our goal to expand offerings to customers who want to develop and deploy integrated solutions on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Java, from the smallest of devices to multi node clusters."
The agreement also calls for Sun, in collaboration with Red Hat, to provide services and support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux solutions will be available from Sun by summer 2003.
Red Hat is an open source and Linux provider headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sun Microsystems is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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