[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[John Smith (not the one @ HP)]

"Christopher" <nadiasvertex at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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On Mar 18, 11:56 am, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> Tom Linden wrote:
> >http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123735970806267921.html
>
> IF this happens, it will definitely change the enterprise system
> landscape. IBM will have to decide between AIX, Solaris and Linux, or
> would it keep all 3 ?
>
> What is interesting is that HP doesn't seem interested in enterprise OS.
> So that would leave only IBM in the fray. (Unless Cisco becomes
> succesful with its servers).

I wonder where people get that idea.  HP-UX is their enterprise OS.
Seems like it always has been.


HP's real enterprise OS is provided by Microsoft, based on dollar value of 
sales.