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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. If only Java... by Btarlinian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a great thing Sun is doing. I wouldn't argue with that. I just wish that they would open up Java also. If only.
    And maybe FP? (literally)

  2. Re:Java's Source Code is Downloadable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not only can you see it, but you can build it, tweak it, and even deploy it within your company. You simply can't distribute it.

    This gives most of the freedoms of OSS, but keeps the core stable and consistent within the hand of Sun.

    I'm not sure if you can distribute patches freely, however (BSD does, but they're different and have a relationship with Sun already).

    Save for the most technical pedant, Java is "Free enough".