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Network computing company Sun Microsystems and Dartmouth's Public Key Infrastructure Laboratory are creating a new partnership that pairs Dartmouth's expertise in secure computing with Sun's Open-Solaris Project, an open-source operating system that is being enhanced through community input, the College announced Friday.
Both organizations stand to benefit from the new partnership, according to Glenn Weinberg '78, vice president of operating platforms at Sun.
"A lot of the research and directions that Dartmouth were pursuing were very interesting to Sun, and a lot of the things that Dartmouth needed in terms of again providing that really solid foundation on which to build we had already put into Solaris-10," Weinberg said.
Through the collaboration, Dartmouth will restructure its graduate operating systems course to include equipment donated by Sun, allowing students to get a more hands-on approach.