Sun Deepens Relationship with Microsoft

September 18th, 2007

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft , once bitter rivals, are growing ever closer through interoperability agreements that aim to make life easier for their respective customers.On Wednesday, Microsoft and Sun announced a new facet to their relationship: Sun is now a Windows Server OEM. What’s more, Sun and Microsoft will collaborate to facilitate deployment of Windows Server on Sun x64 systems.

“Today’s announcement is another example of Microsoft’s commitment to 64-bit computing,” Bob Muglia, a senior vice president at Microsoft, said in a statement. “The Sun hardware platform is an excellent foundation for Windows-based enterprise solutions.”

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