Sun unveils low-end servers, alliances with Red Hat

“SAN FRANCISCO — While extending its partnerships with Oracle Corp. and Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc. staked its claim today as the leader in low-cost computing by unveiling two new x86-based servers. The $2,450 Sun Fire V60x and $2,650 V65x servers are priced lower than comparable servers from IBM Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Computer Corp., according to Sun. Both can run either Sun Solaris x86 Platform Edition or Red Hat Linux operating systems.”