Sun Microsystems will overhaul two major components of its low-end server strategy later this month, introducing new low-end systems and detailing support for the Linux operating system.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun specializes in servers, higher-end networked machines that run 24 hours a day handling chores such as delivering e-mail or recording credit card charges. Sun's continued support for its lower-end servers isn't necessarily a new competitive strategy for the company; however, the incorporation of Linux represents the first time Sun has supported another operating system besides its own Solaris version of Unix.