Fight! Sun and IBM go for each other

Fight! Sun and IBM have been joining verbal battle over the future of the server OS and Java in recent weeks.

In the most recent skirmish, Sun's software EVP Jonathan Schwartz wrote an open letter to IBM's Sam Palmisano on IBM's options for the desktop after Big Blue had issued a memo to all staff urging them to switch over to Linux on their desktops.

Schwartz's response was fourfold:

1. Sun's already moved to a non-Microsoft desktop - specifically, Java

2. Guess what? Java saves you money

3. Try our Java Enterprise server instead of your clunky old Lotus Notes/Websphere thing

4. What happened to Linux - why aren't you reselling it?

He concluded: "I guess I just don't understand your Linux strategy."

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