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Sun seeks redemption in software licensing
From NewsForge: In my review of Sun Java Desktop System release 2, I criticized Sun Microsystems for imposing such restrictive licensing terms on its customers. A discussion on Groklaw followed, and Sun contacted me to discuss the license and how it might modify it in the future. I had several suggestions, and overall they were happy to have the feedback and eager to make their future license agreements more user friendly. But proprietary thinking dies hard. Will Sun really reduce the restrictions in its licenses?...Read More
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Sun floats open source Solaris, but is it any of SCO's concern?
Sun Microsystems' self-anointed Open Source Diva, the talkative and intelligent Danese Cooper, admitted in her Divablog the other day that her company has been "leaking" its plans to open source its Unix System V-based Solaris operating system for years. But not too many people have been paying too much attention. Until now....Read Commentary at NewsForge.com
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Sun plans an open-source Java--someday
Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology....Read More at c|net news.com
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No decision on open source Java
Contrary to published reports, Sun Microsystems Inc. has not made a decision as to whether or not to release its Java platform under an open source software license, company executives said on Friday....Read More at inforworld.com
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'Open-source' Solaris plan draws lukewarm response
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s announcement this week that it plans to make Solaris an "open-source" operating system was met with mixed reactions from users and skepticism from open-source advocates....Read More at computerworld.com
posted 00:12 [/computers/sun]
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Sun to open-source Java
Sun has backed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open source flavour by making a similar promise for its Java technology....Read More at zdnet austrailia
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"Free Hardware": a Trojan Horse?
Recently, Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have been pushing a vision of the future in which computing hardware is "free" actually, sold with software subscriptions. IT customers tempted to sign on should take a lesson from the recent box-office bomb Troy and beware of suits bearing gifts. Because it's very clear that this version of "free" hardware will actually be controlled hardware controlled, specifically, to effectively seize control of the customer's operation....Read More at Eric S. Raymond's Home Page
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Sun confirms plans to open source Solaris
"We will open source Solaris." So said Sun Microsystems' president and chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz at an Asia Pacific press conference in Shanghai today. "I don't want to say when that will happen. But make no mistake, we will open source Solaris," he declared....
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Sun's Java Desktop System 2 is No Improvement
Basically, very few things have changed in the client version of JDS. The desktop and installation looks very much the same as it did a few months ago. The installation has a few bugs: a) some strings haven't been converted to "Sun JDS" from "SuSE Linux", b) Evolution and gnome-user-docs packages are stalling during installation because of the misbehaving 'scrollkeeper-in' process that takes 99% of the CPU and needs killing to continue (same bug as on JDS1) and c) when trying to edit a user's groups the font representing the groups is unreadable....Read More at OSNews.com
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Sun set to steal Red Hat's thunder with Linux prices
Sun Microsystems, hurt by the falling price of computer hardware, is moving to put similar pricing pressure on sellers of the popular Linux operating system....Read More at Australian Financial Review
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Sun Rolls Out New Hardware, Software, Services
Computer systems company Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday unveiled new services, software and hardware offerings as part of its plan to move to selling its wares on a bundled subscription basis rather than as discrete components.....Read More at reuters
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