Dell plans Solaris servers

 

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By Reuters

Posted on 15 Nov 2007 at 08:44

Dell says it will license Sun Microsystem's Solaris operating system and build servers based on the software.

Details of the multiyear deal were announced by Michael Dell, founder and chief executive of Dell, and Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's CEO, at Oracle's OracleWorld user conference in San Francisco. No financial terms were disclosed.

"Dell's offering of Solaris redefines the market opportunity for both companies," Schwartz said in a statement. "The relationship gives Dell broader reach into the global free software community with Solaris and OpenSolaris, and gives Sun access to channels and customers across the volume marketplace."

Solaris-based computers can run on Sun's SPARC processors or on more mainstream microprocessors from Intel or AMD.