Rodent Regatta

When I initially heard about Sun’s focus on Linux on the desktop, I assumed they’d be adopting one of the popular distributions of Linux. What possible value can there be in going out on their own to produce a totally new distribution? Is it possible this is merely a branding issue? Will Sun sell more computers running Sun Linux (Sinux?) than Red Hat Linux?

Sun’s Linux leader ready to use Linux. Move in line with company goal to banish Windows desktops [InfoWorld: Top News]

”Loiacono plans to take the next step in his Linux evolution and move from Red Hat to Sun Linux once a new version of the OS is completed.”

I don’t get it!