A funny thing happened on the way to the Google search results for “solaris x86″.

A Sun blogger called Hein spotted something humorous in Google’s search results. Google’s AdWords policies permit the purchase of competitor keywords, but not their display in a competitive ad:

Saw a funny one on Google today, a search for “solaris x86” reveals Apple as the one paying for the relating keywords? They must agree with us about the mind share and popularity Solaris has as an Open Source technology then.

Apple’s ad leads to a section on the Apple.com website, describing the compatibility of OS X with various Unix technologies.

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