Sun's clearly investing heavily in xVM and has its sights set on creating its own virtual universe -- as well as working with the leading hypervisor vendors, including VMware and Microsoft.
This emphasis seems reasonable, given Sun's recent performance in storage and the widespread view that Sun is more likely to succeed in software than hardware.
At any rate, if the company stays on schedule with xVM, it should be worth watching.
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