Jim Bryant wrote: > > Ron Chen wrote: > > > > Sun Grid Engine goes opensource. See SGE home page: > > > > http://www.sun.com/gridware > > > > -Ron > > http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-07/sunflash.20010723.1.html > > SUN MICROSYSTEMS MAKES SUN[tm] GRID ENGINE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO OPEN SOURCE >COMMUNITY > > Sun Works with CollabNet to Continue its Strong Support of Open Computing and >Encourage Adoption of Powerful Grid Computing Model > > SAN DIEGO, CA -- O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION -- July 23, 2001 -- Reaffirming its >commitment to the open source movement, Sun > Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) announced today the Sun Grid Engine Project, an >initiative to offer the source code for Sun[tm] > Grid Engine software to users and the developer community. Sun Grid Engine software >is an advanced distributed resource management > (DRM) tool. It has been available as a free download at >www.sun.com/software/gridware since its introduction in September 2000. > > A leader in the open source community, Sun will add this project's half million >lines of code to its total of more than 8 million > lines of code already contributed to open source efforts. Sun is coordinating this >worldwide project with CollabNet, a leading > provider of collaborative software development solutions based on open source >concepts, in making the code available for download at > www.gridengine.sunsource.net. > > The project is designed to further remove the cost and implementation barriers >associated with deploying DRM software in a compute > farm. Additionally, both open source users and Sun Grid Engine software customers >should benefit from this open source project > through enhanced industry support. For example, service and support providers should >be able to customize the powerful software for > specific customer needs, and software developers should be able to reduce complexity >for end users by creating applications that are > tightly integrated with Sun Grid Engine software. Over time, the open source effort >should facilitate the adoption of open standards > for DRM software, facilitating interoperability with applications and easing >integration. > > "As cluster computing scales up towards grid computing, tools like Sun Grid Engine >software will become ubiquitous and essential," > said Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of technology information firm O'Reilly & >Associates. "Computing is moving towards the > development of what you might call an Internet operating system. Sun recognizes that >key components of that operating system > shouldn't be controlled by any one company, and they're putting their money where >their mouth is by releasing it as open source." > > "Sun will continue to deliver products that support our core philosophy that the >network is the computer," said Robbie Turner, vice > president of Client and Technical Market Products at Sun Microsystems. "Sun is >encouraging the grid computing model via free > downloads of Sun Grid Engine software--and now by making its code available to the >open source community--because the productivity > gains of the grid computing model will increasingly serve as a decisive factor in a >business's ultimate success or failure." > > CollabNet is providing the Web infrastructure and comprehensive development platform >that enables geographically dispersed groups of > developers to collaborate on Grid Engine projects. Based on CollabNet's SourceCast >environment, this platform includes tools for > revision control, issue tracking, mailing list creation and management, and >Web-based administration. This open source project > follows on the heels of the successful OpenOffice.org initiative--also supported by >CollabNet--which made available the source code > for Sun's StarOffice[tm] software under the same industry-accepted Sun Industry >Standards Source License. Full details of Sun's > involvement with open source projects can be seen at www.sunsource.net. > > "The Grid Engine Project continues to demonstrate Sun's true leadership within the >open source community," said Brian Behlendorf, > co-founder and CTO of CollabNet. "CollabNet is delighted to be working with Sun on >yet more compelling open source software. Sun's > decision to open this previously proprietary software demonstrates its understanding >of the technical community's fundamental need > and interest in scalable DRM technology." > > Delivering Network-Wide Compute Power to the Desktop > > Sun Grid Engine software was introduced in September 2000 as the first product >resulting from Sun's acquisition of Gridware, > formerly a privately-owned commercial vendor of advanced DRM software tools. Since >then, the software has been downloaded nearly > 8,000 times in more than 90 countries. A comprehensive web-based training course for >installing and managing the software is also > available at no cost at www.sun.com/software/gridware. By distributing Sun Grid >Engine software as a free download and with all Sun > systems, Sun is changing the economics of technical computing and breaking down the >barriers of employing distributed computing. > > Sun Grid Engine software is designed to aggregate compute resources, match them to >individual job requirements, and deliver > network-wide compute power to the desktop. Through this horizontal scaling, Sun's >powerful DRM tool manages an organization's > compute resources and job distribution, which: > > allows engineers to move beyond the desktop to leverage all the resources available >on the network; > frees the engineer to focus on the project, not computing tasks; provides easy >access to resource-rich compute environments, > allowing for expanded product development, simulations and testing; > speeds time to market; > and fundamentally changes the economics of technical computing. > > About CollabNet > > CollabNet provides companies with solutions for collaborative software development >by combining a comprehensive Web-based > environment and suite of consulting services. CollabNet develops collaborative >networks that enable companies to share code within > an enterprise, to give select customers and business partners access to code, or to >open the code to the wider open source > community. These solutions are designed to facilitate software development across >globally disparate communities and enable > corporations to reduce costs and increase revenues. CollabNet is currently working >with customers ranging from hardware and software > providers to companies from industries such as finance, wireless, and healthcare. >Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache > Software Foundation, established CollabNet in July 1999. For more information, see >www.collab.net. > > About Sun Microsystems, Inc. > > Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer[tm]" >-- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: > SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, >software and services that power the Internet and > allow companies worldwide to take their businesses to the nth. With $18.3 billion in >annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than > 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com. > > Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Sun Grid Engine, StarOffice and The Network Is >The Computer are trademarks or registered > trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. >CollabNet and SourceCast are trademarks of CollabNet, > Inc. Everybody and their dog must be downloading this. If you keep getting the java.lang.OutOfMemoryError, just keep hitting "reload"... I was just about to give up when it finally worked for me. -rw-r--r-- 1 jbryant wheel 7735172 Jul 25 06:29 sge-5.3-src.tar.gz jim -- ET has one helluva sense of humor! He's always anal-probing right-wing schizos! _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
