[ShadowAce]

[magellan]

IBM already offered Solaris on some x86 servers. This agreement is different, in that instead of reselling Solaris licenses, IBM is OEMing Solaris and then paying royalties back to Sun. This is similar to how Fujitsu/Fujitsu-Seimens handles Solaris licensing on its SPARC-based servers. My guess is IBM will provide first line support as well.

HP continues to resell Solaris. HP's x86 server group is the old Compaq, and most of its policies remain. HP probably has the broadest operating system support for its x86 servers.

[Golden Eagle]

A better article from the same source:

http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/16/sun_ibm_solarisx86/

Excerpt:

The Linux crowd seems to have taken notice of this with zealots bashing Solaris x86 at every chance during recent open source trade shows. Such concern is understandable given that Solaris offers a number of high-end features not found with Linux.

IBM’s support for Solaris x86 could give the developer community a real boost, since Big Blue opens up a broader market. In addition, IBM’s move appears to confirm that there is strong demand for the OS among corporate customers. It’s hard to imagine IBM agreeing to this arrangement without customers applying serious pressure.

“It can’t be denied that Solaris x86 has reached some kind of critical mass,” Olds said.

[Kaylee Frye]

Why does the article say it’s from 27th October 2005? This is fresh news...?? Now I’m very confused..