In suspense over Sun's upcoming desktop Linux boxes (Linux Journal)
[Posted September 16, 2002 by corbet]
The Linux Journal
looks forward
to Sun's upcoming Linux desktop announcements.
"
But
there is a serious prevailing ethic here, and it's one where Sun
may be ahead of the curve, and that's cost-cutting. The post-Enron
world is all about severely bottom-line-oriented management and
accounting practices, and it's a matter of time before IT honchos
give Linux a second (more likely tenth or hundredth) look, and
finally start making the obvious choices.
But will they go for name-brand boxes?"
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