Sounds like they are all getting worried about Sun Microsystems Inc’s deal with Intel Corp on development of Solaris x86 for the forthcoming 64-bit Merced chip. Hewlett-Packard Co will this week do its best to head off any momentum Sun may be creating by trumpeting the fact that a handful of software vendors including Baan NV and Oracle Corp have already begun certifying their applications on the HP-UX 11.0 operating system that will run on Merced.