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Sun Opens Up Enterprise Software

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the under-the-hood dept.

abscondment writes "Stating that "open source is the future" of the software industry, Sun's President and COO Jonathan Schwartz announced that Sun will be opening its enterprise software in a manner similar to Solaris 10. Sun is opening up the Java Enterprise System, Sun N1 Management software, and Sun developer tools, etc. - practically everything except Java - hoping to lure more developers and chief executive officers worldwide to use and deploy its enterprise software."

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  1. Re:Everything except Java? by ozric99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, kind sir, you've given me this nice house, your car, use of your lovely wife on a regular basis and your daughter's hand in marriage - all without strings attached! Why oh why won't you also give me your country estate?

  2. Re:Everything except Java? by patcito · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow, kind sir, you've given me this nice house, your car, use of your lovely wife on a regular basis and your daughter's hand in marriage - all without strings attached! Why oh why won't you also give me your country estate?


    I'd rather put it the gangsta way: I mean, your car is broke, your wife is ugly and your daughter's fat. What should should I care? Now gimme that country estate or move along, I don't care about your old garbage that ain't ebay or shit!
    --
    The True FOSS Skype Replacement
  3. You sir are a true genius by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I want some software (security stuff) to stay closed-source forever. I would start to seriously dout the security of Java (right now I have complete faith in it's being 100% vulnerability free) if hackers were allowed to see everything about how it works.


    Security through obscurity, that really ought to keep computer criminals at bay. To prevent Tom, Dick and Harry (slashdot readers) finding any vulns in your logic, I suggest you keep it "closed source" and out of public internet forums.

  4. Re:Everything except Java? by Glomek · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow, kind sir, you've given me this nice house, your car, use of your lovely wife on a regular basis and your daughter's hand in marriage - all without strings attached! Why oh why won't you also give me your country estate?

    Not exactly. It's more like:

    Wow, kind sir, you've told me how this nice house, your car, your lovely wife and daughter work - all without strings attached! Why oh why won't you answer the ONE QUESTION I KEEP ASKING ABOUT HOW YOUR LAWNMOWER WORKS?!?

  5. Re:Everything except Java? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If Sun open sourced Java and gave everyone five bucks for downloading it, people would bitch that it should be ten dollars and continue with the tired, "its just a ploy because of reduced market share." Enough!!

  6. I Remember The Day by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny
    Ah I remember the day so well, that day when Sun opened up its Enterprise Software. The sun was a little brighter, the car radio a little more in tune. I eagerly sent off my request for the source, barely able to restrain myself as I thought of personally witnessing the glory of that code.

    The package came, lovely yellow with the bubbly inside. "A CD-ROM!" I said aloud. "No better, I bet it's a DVD-ROM". I opened it up, popping layers of bubbles to find... a double-sided double-density 3 1/2 floppy. Confusion filled my mind as I pulled out my old 400mhz Pentium notebook.

    I ran the included program, ENTSRC.EXE and up popped a window:

    "Are you ready?"

    "Yes!" I cried, hitting the Y key with orgasmic fervor.

    "Are you truly ready for this?"

    "Ohhhhh yessssss!" I moaned, banging the key again.

    "Please read this EULA. Do you agree never to do anything nasty to Sun, never call it names, or mock Larry Ellison? Do you vow to besmirch .Net and Mono? Will you feed your cat only high-protein foods, and make love to your wife three times a week?"

    "Anything!" I shouted, clicking Y one last time. And up it popped.

    window.open("http://java.sun.com");
    alert("BWAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHA!);
    --
    The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
    1. Re:I Remember The Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      There's an EULA that gets my leg over three times a week? Where!? I'll sign now..

      Well, sure... But have you seen his wife?!

  7. Re:so.... by lemsip · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, having to go and click on the EULA really makes Gentoo emerges feel like they take ages!

  8. Re:OK, so we'll open Java by Shinobi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Question: Why are Quake/Quake II clients compiled from source distrusted by most of the communities that still play those games, including the competitive scene?

    Answer: Because the open sourced code increased the number of cheats exponentially.