There are more Sun rumours circulating that they’re considering a move into the database market (the so-called “Sun DB”), but that this time “we are looking at PostgreSQL” (in the words of a senior VP).
I’m still convinced^whopeful it’s Clustra, and that this PostgreSQL is nothing more than smoke and mirrors, not least that I’ve used the product in anger, so know that Sun have a gem on their hands.
However, Sun have a reputation for burying things. That the SunDB rumours haven’t vanished altogether is still cause for optimism, so here’s hoping they’re just keeping the speculation going. Although they could do with a lesson or two from Apple on managing rumour to the benefit of all 
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November 18th, 2005 at 9:06 am
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/17/sunsolarispostgres/
Looks like the rumour was correct!