Sun Microsystems signed a deal Thursday to incorporate SuSE's version of the Linux operating system in its servers, the company's second step in moving beyond its own version of Linux.
The deal means customers buying Sun servers with Intel or AMD x86 processors will be able to choose SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 8 in the fall, said Ann Wettersten, vice president of systems software product marketing for Sun. Sun already sells its x86 servers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Linux software maker Red Hat is SuSE's biggest rival.
After years of selling its Solaris version of Unix, Sun bowed to market realities and in 2002 announced its support for Linux. Its first products used only Sun's own version of Linux, which lacked support from software companies. Sun has since been moving to more popular versions made by other companies
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