Saving Grace for Sun?

Sun Microsystems made headlines with their "green servers". Now that Ubuntu will support the the new servers, admins may have another reason to go with Sun.

"The free Debian-based Ubuntu distribution of Linux, launched in 2004 by South African dot-com billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has already attracted millions of individual desktop users. But with the "Dapper Drake" release of Ubuntu set to ship next month, Ubuntu will make its first foray into the enterprise data center. That release will now support Sun's "Niagara" T1000 and T2000 servers in addition to Intel and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s x86 servers and IBM's Power-based servers." -IDG New Service

Looks like the enterprise computing arena just grew by leaps and bounds. Recently, I wrote about Sun's power saving servers in this post. Now it looks like we have to expand a bit. Ubuntu Linux from Canonical Ltd. is not only the fastest growing distribution of Linux for home users, but now is poised to steal some of Linux heavyweight Red Hat's thunder.

What does this mean for enterprise networks? Well, Ubuntu has promised on thier website that their software will always be free. And every 18 months, rain or shine, there is an update published. Look for more on this development in the coming weeks!