Sun's Shanghai Surprise

Although I'm a bit of a Micro-softy, this is good news. I've always liked Sun (and Novell, who has good news of their own):

Struggling Sun Microsystems yesterday unveiled a major software deal with China's government -- a sign that the company is far from on its death bed. And given that the deal involves open-source software, Sun's news is a definite slap to rival Microsoft's attempts to woo overseas government customers. (washingtonpost.com)

[Yahoo! News - Technology ]

For my money, a bit of competition never hurts. I still like Windows, and I'm way excited for Longhorn, but a bit of Linux in the mix can only be good, right?