
Submission + - Report: IBM Buying Sun For $7 Billion 1
plasticsquirrel writes: According to the New York Times, IBM will buy Sun Microsystems for $7 billion. It appears that the rumors about a deal were true. With the demise of SGI announced recently, where does this leave Solaris and AIX? What is the future of the traditional proprietary Unixen, if any? And what about Sun's open source assets and contributions?