http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5089274.html
Sun Microsystems has announced a version of their SOLARIS OS which will work with AMD's 64 OPTERON-64 so as to take advantage of the latter's 64-bitness. It joins SuSE Linux and some of the BSDs in offering such support.
Since SOLARIS increasingly looked like it was being shoved into a niche market by Linux, this is an excellent example of "winning through joining 'em", though if Sun keeps the OS price high, it may in fact fail to gain much traction in this market.
As a secure [and litigation-free] alternative to Windows which can run on desktop machinery, however, SOLARIS may look highly attractive.
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