Sun flirts with Ubuntu
Published: 17 May 2006 10:45 BST
Ubuntu Linux got a ringing endorsement from Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz at JavaOne on Tuesday. In turn, Ubuntu project founder Mark Shuttleworth appeared on stage in San Francisco during Schwartz's opening keynote at JavaOne to endorse Java.
"Ubuntu is gaining a ton of momentum," Schwartz said in a meeting with reporters after his keynote presentation. "It is arguably one of the most important, if not the most important Linux distro out there." That's a poke in the eye for RedHat and Novell, the other two major Linux distributors.
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