Sun to resume sales of Intel Xeon-based servers

It looks as if the Intel/AMD server wars of years past have finally been resolved. While the past few years have found the four tier-one server manufacturers switching between x86 chips from the two manufacturers, it appears as if a consensus has finally been reached: why not use both? Sun Microsystems has announced that it will become the last of the tier-one manufacturers to sell both AMD and Intel-based servers, by adding Intel-based machines back to its lineup. Sun stopped selling servers containing Intel parts in 2005 but stated at the time that it would resume sales if there was sufficient customer demand, a promise that the company apparently kept. "This is a market-changing event," said Sun Chief Executive Jonathan Schwartz. "It totally changes the perspective a customer has on how they can do business with Sun and how they can do business with Intel."

For more on the announcement:
- see this CNET article