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Interesting tidbit: the windows x64 project was code named sundown. I think IBM buying redhat and aggressively pushing Linux was also a big factor in killing s
by muststopmyths 4y ago
Interesting tidbit: the windows x64 project was code named sundown.
I think IBM buying redhat and aggressively pushing Linux was also a big factor in killing sun
- DonHopkins 4y agoIBM also named Eclipse to make fun of Sun. I know people at Sun who were quite chagrined about that at the time.
- pantalaimon 4y agoWhen IBM bought Red Hat, Sun was long dead and buried.
- jwildeboer 4y agoIBM bought Red Hat fairly recently, long after SUN was bought by Oracle.
- muststopmyths 4y agoMy bad, maybe they were investing in it and pushing to their customers? I recall some ibm connection
- lizknope 4y agohttps://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/ibm-to-spend-1-billion-on-linux-in-2001/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/ibm-to-spend-1-billi... IBM to spend $1 billion on Linux in 2001 This long before IBM bought Red Hat in 2019
- guenthert 4y agoAccording to [1] IBM declared support for Linux in 2000 [I thought it was around '97], that was a signal for many that Linux was good enough for business. [1] https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/linux/ https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/linux/