Sun Steps Up Linux (Lightly)

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Sun Steps Up Linux (Lightly)

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Sun Microsystems (Quote, Company Info) made strides this week with its Linux (define) strategy, releasing updated Sun ONE compiler code for both its low-end SPARC and Intel's x86 platforms, and adopting common Linux distributions instead of pushing its own version.

But analysts also say the tech giant's overall Linux approach is still tentative and confusing in places, and needs to evolve more quickly.

Sun's Linux strategy "is a story of fits and starts, stops and turns that don't seem to play coherently with users that I talk to," said George Weiss, a Gartner (Quote, Company Info) analyst who covers Linux operating systems.

Weiss said as Linux increasingly scales up to major applications, such as Oracle's 9i RAC (real application cluster) deployments of cheaper server clusters, Sun needs to show its partners that it is moving to scale up its Linux-compatibility with its high-end products.