IBM: Top Tier OEM for Solaris
Wow. Nothing like starting right at the top. There are probably
hundreds of articles and blogs about the Sun/IBM/Solaris announcement
by now, but here are a few bits I like:
Sun and IBM Teleconference: IBM to Distribute Solaris: "This is the first of what we hope will be an expanded relationship with Sun, Solaris, and the IBM hardware platform. There is already some interesting work underway to move OpenSolaris to the IBM mainframe." -- Bill Zeitler, senior vice president & group executive, IBM Systems & Technology Group.
IBM jumps on the Solaris bandwagon: "A large number of companies happily use and prefer Sun's Solaris as their business operating system. IBM's decision to become Sun's first tier-one original equipment manufacturer reflects that reality." -- Charles King, Pund-IT
IBM embraces - wtf - Sun's Solaris across x86 server line: "It can't be denied that Solaris x86 has reached some kind of critical mass." -- Dan Olds, Gabriel Consulting Group
IBM, Sun Partner to Bring Solaris to IBM Servers: "The relationship with IBM is really the strongest we have with any partner in the marketplace." -- Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems
IBM, Sun's Hereditary Enemy, Is Going to Sell Solaris: "There are a lot of customers that love Solaris and are loyal to it." -- Bill Zeitler, IBM
Some observations: I like the focus on simple pragmatic choice for customers, and I hope this puts an end to the media flame wars between the two companies (some of which I've documented here). Also, it's interesting that IBM's Zeitler is the guy doing this deal since he's quoted supporting OpenSolaris 16 months ago when he said, "I think the move to OpenSolaris has been a good one." That was almost a year and a half ago! Quotes like that have been rare from IBM about OpenSolaris, and Sun has been just as loose with its tongue about IBM over the years as well. But since this new deal brings with it significant new business and engineering relationships, I'm looking forward to the companies getting back to the basics -- more business, less rhetoric. Very cool.
Sun and IBM Teleconference: IBM to Distribute Solaris: "This is the first of what we hope will be an expanded relationship with Sun, Solaris, and the IBM hardware platform. There is already some interesting work underway to move OpenSolaris to the IBM mainframe." -- Bill Zeitler, senior vice president & group executive, IBM Systems & Technology Group.
IBM jumps on the Solaris bandwagon: "A large number of companies happily use and prefer Sun's Solaris as their business operating system. IBM's decision to become Sun's first tier-one original equipment manufacturer reflects that reality." -- Charles King, Pund-IT
IBM embraces - wtf - Sun's Solaris across x86 server line: "It can't be denied that Solaris x86 has reached some kind of critical mass." -- Dan Olds, Gabriel Consulting Group
IBM, Sun Partner to Bring Solaris to IBM Servers: "The relationship with IBM is really the strongest we have with any partner in the marketplace." -- Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems
IBM, Sun's Hereditary Enemy, Is Going to Sell Solaris: "There are a lot of customers that love Solaris and are loyal to it." -- Bill Zeitler, IBM
Some observations: I like the focus on simple pragmatic choice for customers, and I hope this puts an end to the media flame wars between the two companies (some of which I've documented here). Also, it's interesting that IBM's Zeitler is the guy doing this deal since he's quoted supporting OpenSolaris 16 months ago when he said, "I think the move to OpenSolaris has been a good one." That was almost a year and a half ago! Quotes like that have been rare from IBM about OpenSolaris, and Sun has been just as loose with its tongue about IBM over the years as well. But since this new deal brings with it significant new business and engineering relationships, I'm looking forward to the companies getting back to the basics -- more business, less rhetoric. Very cool.
I am still in a state of disbelief that this has happened. I look forward to seeing where this goes. I noticed that Sine Nomine have been actively working on OpenSolaris on System Z...I hope IBM and Sun can leverage any work they have done.
Posted by Ché Kristo on August 19, 2007 at 03:42 PM JST #
Yep. I think the Intel and IBM deals will help support all the grassroots community building we've been doing all along. I think both are necessary, too.
Posted by Jim Grisanzio on August 19, 2007 at 09:26 PM JST #