Sun's DNA Viable?

Maybe Sun Microsystems has life in it yet. The latest evidence that Sun is still alive and kicking comes from the Institute for Genomic Research, where three of Sun's Opteron-based Sun Fire servers recently outperformed an existing bank of Alphas the institute had been using for its very demanding gene sequencing applications. It's a PR win for Sun, but it's also solid evidence that Sun's switch to x86 was a wise move. Full story here.

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