SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 20, 2009 -- Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash.

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Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to enterprises.

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Sun has released a major update to its open-source desktop virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Apple's Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems, in addition to other improvements.

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A profile of the life and filmography is one of the most prolific, artistic and productive directors in Hollywood from FauxNixon.

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The 145 systems are:- 3 Dos 5 Windows 137 Linux

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Sun Microsystems has signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire Innotek GmbH, a Weinstadt, Germany-based supplier of VirtualBox virtualization software.

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Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java.

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In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux.

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Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities.

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Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc. has hired one of the best known developers of Linux software to market its Solaris operating system as it seeks to improve ties to the open-source community.

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If you need something that does nothing, you will be hard pressed to find some.thing better, faster or smaller than NaDa. Works will all os's even those not invented yet. New version is completely bug free, probably.

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ZFS in OS X, What Does It Mean?

There's been a bit of discussion going about why ZFS, the file system developed by Sun for Solaris, is important to Mac users.

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Whilst Global warming is now largely accepted, the cause of it may not be that clear cut. An interesting article that indicates that the sun itself may be causing unusual weather patterns on other planets in the solar system.

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QBrew is Home Beer Brewer's recipe calculator used to formulate recipes for ales, lagers and stouts. It also includes a brewing primer for those just starting out in the homebrewing hobby. QBrew builds and runs under Unix (Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc), Mac OSX and Windows.

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You want to install Linux or other UniXes on your laptop or notebook? Here are links to installation reports about Linux (BSD, Solaris,..) on almost any laptop or notebook model.

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Rich Green, executive vice president of software at Sun, talks about the company's open source strategy.

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Cross-Platform Upgrade to Revolution from Director, REALbasic, MS Visual Studio

Runtime Revolution is running a special competitive upgrade for their cross platform Runtime Revolution development tool. You can upgrade from MS Visual Studio (any version), Macromedia Director or Runtime Revolution at a very inexpensive price - about $199.

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Adding a 128-bit file system to Solaris 10 will create "billions and billions" of unique addresses that can be used for storing data and files.

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Mono is an open source project (sponsored by Novell) that allows you to run .Net applications on Linux (as well as Unix, Mac OS X, Solaris and even Windows).

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MacWorld's Rob Griffiths takes a detailed look at Parallel's VM solution for Intel-based Macs, putting the software (and his new dual-core Mac mini) through its paces by installing four seperate operating systems (five if you count OS X): Windows XP, Windows 2000, Fedora Core 5,

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The Sun T2000 Cool Threads Server - 5x the performance, at 1/4 the power and space.

I read recently that Sun Microsystems was giving companies a chance to try out their new Niagra based T2000 Servers for 60 days free. That's right FREE. We needed some new servers for our new Internet Movie Project so I sent in the request to see if we qualified.

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Yet another day...

I am now awake for almost 24 hours. Most of the time was spent with my beloved daughter and this laptop. I spent a good portion of my working day updating to a new release of Ubuntu Linux. This one is still in "Beta" phase, but i could not wait more.

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A thought provoking article on how the behemoth Microsoft has gradually become a softer, less threatening shadow of its former self.

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PostgreSQL - Need a database? You just found it.

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This InfoWorld author, Tom Yager, has immense credibility with me. He writes balanced articles based on actually implementing the products he discusses. His descriptions of pros and cons are therefore based on experience, not fantasy (or jealous or envy, etc.).

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