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  March 6, 2000.

WASHINGTON, Mar 5: Sun Microsystems and Intel are in a high stake game of chicken in a debate about which company needs the other more in the e-commerce world, reports agency.

 

Two weeks ago, Intel said it was rapidly winding down efforts to bring Sun’s Solaris operating system to Intel’s upcoming flag ship Itanium chip. Sun, said Intel, wasn’t dong enough to encourage software companies to rework their programs for the effort.

 

This week, Sun reaffirmed its commitment to bring Solaris to Itanium and its successors in the 64-bit family, with or without help from Intel. However, doubts linger on how deep this commitment will go and what the final result will be.

 

“Sun would like to hedge their bets, (although) Sun would rather remain independent and prove that they don’t need Intel,” said Robert Francis Group analyst Cal Braunstein.

 

Whether Sun and Intel are allies or enemies will determine a crucial part of the Internet landscape of the future. If the companies were allies, then Sun would get another new high-performance chip to bolster its market position and spread its software philosophy. Intel would get to sell systems using one of the most popular operating systems for Internet operations.

 

But if the companies separate, Sun is left with all its eggs in one basket, because all its UltraSpare chips are made by a single company, Texas Instruments (TI).

 

Source: The Independent  


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