Feb 8, 2002 : Sun Broadens Linux Offerings

📅 February 8, 2002 - Sun Microsystems has embraced the Linux operating system,rolling out a multipart program that will broaden the offerings of Linux onlow-end Sun servers and commit new resources to the ongoing development ofthe Open Source operating system.

The program, announced Thursday, is a dramatic departure for the companythat previously championed its in-house Solaris operating system for years.The initiative comprises three goals to be met in the coming year.
Sun will ship for the first time a full implementation of Linux on a newline of general-purpose servers aimed at providing "edge" services toenvironments such as workgroups and remote offices. New single processor andmultiprocessor systems, to be announced mid-year, will use the x86architecture and be capable of running thousands of Linux applicationsnatively.
Sun will also expand its line of Sun Cobalt Linux appliance systems, and isplanning to create innovations beyond the current eight-inch-square Qube andthe 1.75-inch-high rack-mountable configurations. Sun's Cobalt serverappliances start around $1000 and have an installed base of more than100,000 units.
Sun plans to participate more aggressively in the Linux developer communityby freely offering key components of its Solaris operating environmentsoftware, and by releasing tools to help developers ensure compatibilitybetween the two Unix derivatives.
Sun systems already have built-in compatibility with Linux, so that anySolaris-based system can also run Linux applications. New software such asLinux Compatibility Toolkit, announced yesterday, can help simplify theprocess of assuring that Linux applications will run on the Sun Fire familyof servers. And in the future, Sun's upcoming Solaris 9 OperatingEnvironment will provide additional built-in Linux commands, utilities, andinterfaces.
For Linux users, the new program will make key Sun Open Net Environment (SunONE) technologies available to the Linux platform, including the iPlanetdirectory and Web servers, Forte for Java development tools, the Java/XMLplatform, Project JXTA, StarOffice productivity suite, Sun Chili!Soft ASP,and the Sun Grid Engine.
"We will now offer our customers an incredible value proposition bydelivering our binary-compatible industry-leading SPARC/Solaris systemfamily, which starts at less than one thousand and goes to nearly tenmillion dollars, along with our new Sun Linux low-end servers and Sun Cobaltappliances for emerging edge services applications," said Ed Zander, Sun'spresident and chief operating officer. "And with our Sun ONE Java- andXML-based software platform, developers can write to one software platformand run their applications or services across a vast array of systems."
Sun plans to take a more active role in contributing software and expertiseto the Open Source software movement, and on the Linux code base inparticular.
Sun yesterday released an application development tool, ABIcheck, to theOpen Source community, a tool to help ensure compatibility between Linuxreleases. In the future, Sun will offer contributions to the Linux kernel.Sun will expand its partnerships with the Linux community to provide nativesupport of Linux on SPARC systems for both the telecommunications andembedded markets. Companies such as SuSE and Lineo support Linux native onSun's SPARC microprocessors today.

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