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Sun to drop Intel support in Solaris 9 (758 words) |
 | Sun Microsystems Tuesday said it will not support chips from Intel with the release of its Solaris 9 operating system this year, as the hardware maker looks to cut costs in a tough economic climate. |
| Sun decided the costs of support, such as bug tracking and software patches, for Solaris 9 running on Intel was not worth the cost to the company. |
| Sun gave developers their first peak at Solaris 9 in October and will unveil the second iteration of this early access program next week, Lovell said. |
| Geek.com Geek News - Sun may drop 8,000 jobs (2581 words) |
| Sun CEO Scott McNealy is on record stating that cuts would be needed to return the company to predictable profitability. |
| Sun has thus far largely avoided a rash bloodletting of employees, having shed only 3,900 jobs in October of 2001. |
| Sun has to cut cost and one of the few things that can be cut is the number of workers. |
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