Sun Fights Back Against Novell

Posted by Michael Larabel on April 12, 2007

At the UK-based technology website Techworld, Sun's Larry Wake has responded to Novell's recent comments at Techworld about Sun and the real intentions of Solaris. Specifically, Novell's Adrian Keward believes that Solaris has suffered due to Sun's primary focus on their hardware offerings. In Sun bites back at Novell, Wake responds with thoughts on Sun's software division, Solaris hardware support, the performance of Solaris, open-source Solaris, and the longevity of Solaris applications. Larry Wake serves as a group manager for Solaris at Sun.

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