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
