Sun shift to free and open source software

Sun Microsystems announced two landmark moves in the battle
to create the software platform of choice for the next-generation of the
Internet. Having seen tremendous momentum with the Solaris Operating System (OS)
as free and open source software, Sun is making the Java Enterprise System, Sun
N1 Management software, and Sun developer tools available at no cost for both
development and deployment and further, is reaffirming its commitment to open
source this software. Sun is announcing that it is integrating all of this
software along with the Solaris OS into the Solaris Enterprise System, the only
comprehensive and open infrastructure software platform.

JONATHAN SCHWARTZ Creating the no cost and open alternative Windows environment

With this announcement, Sun is creating the no-cost and open
alternative to the Windows environment. The Solaris Enterprise System has all of
the benefits of an integrated offering while still enabling customers the
flexibility to address their requirements by deploying the specific components
they need into alternative operating systems. In addition to being combined
under a single distribution with the Solaris Enterprise System, the Sun Java
Enterprise System and the Sun developer tools can be used at no cost on other
existing multi-platform environments including Windows, HP-UX and Linux.

"With more than 3.4M Solaris 10 licenses and nearly one million Java
Enterprise System subscribers, customers and developers around the world have
asked us to take the next logical step - combining the world's fastest growing
open source operating system with the world's most complete and ready to
deploy infrastructure software platform," said Jonathan Schwartz, President
and COO of Sun. "100% of our customers are deploying web infrastructures
and asking for relief from onerous licenses and system integration activity.
With our announced intent to open source the entirety of our software offerings,
every single developer across the world now has access to the most sophisticated
platform available for web 1.0, 2.0 and beyond."

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