Sun Pioneers Shift to Free and Open Source Software; Builds on Success
of Solaris by Announcing Java Enterprise System, Developer Tools and N1
Software are Available at No Cost
(http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-11/sunflash.20051130.1.html)
Combines Middleware, Tools and Management Components With Solaris to
Create Consolidated, Multi-Platform Software Environment
MENLO PARK, CALIF; November 30, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
SUNW) today announced two landmark moves in the battle to create the
software platform of choice for the next-generation of the Internet.
First, 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. Second, 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 available today.
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.
Sun is also demonstrating its commitment to the developer community and
to the success of Sun's customers by working with its extensive partner
ecosystem to continue to deliver a full-set of advanced and superior
support services. The single, no cost distribution allows developers and
customers a risk-free way to get unencumbered access to truly
business-critical infrastructure software and then engage with Sun at a
point in the life-cycle when they need access to development and
deployment services. This significantly lowers their risk of adoption
and enables a dramatic increase in the number of companies and
individuals who can obtain a complete, integrated portfolio of
enterprise-class software.
"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."
Included at no cost in the new Solaris Enterprise System are:
* The award winning and open sourced Solaris 10 OS, with the
recently announced PostgreSQL database;
* The entire Sun Java Enterprise System infrastructure software
platform, including the Sun Java Identity Management Suite, Sun Java
Integration Suite, Sun Java Communications Suite, Sun Java Application
Platform Suite, Sun Java Availability Suite and Sun Java Web
Infrastructure Suite;
* The N1 Management Software including the Sun N1 System Manager,
the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System, the Sun N1 Grid Engine;
* All tools for C, C++ and Java development, including Sun Studio
11, Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 and Sun Java Studio Creator;
!!! * SunRay ultra-thin client software; !!!
* Sun Secure Global Desktop Software.
Sun is offering a risk-free opportunity to explore, develop and deploy
on Sun's pre-tested and pre-integrated software platform. This is a
complete platform which incorporates Sun's existing and recently
acquired technology, including its market-leading identity management
products, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based integration and
composite application products from Sun's recent acquisition of
SeeBeyond, and the remote secure display capabilities from Sun's
acquisition of Tarantella.
Sun is also rolling out a vast number of new, complementary services
that span from early developer training and education to sophisticated
remote and managed services to automate processes that are currently
manually accomplished. Sun's new Customer Network Services can provide
administrators and developers with automated support for operations
management, including patches, upgrades, updates and warranty, without
the high-costs associated with professional services.
Sun has committed to open sourcing its entire software portfolio using
industry-standard open source licensing models to allow customers to
have easy and broad access to all of its source code. Many of the
components of Sun's integrated platform are already available as open
source, including the Solaris OS, the Sun Java Application Server, the
NetBeans software tools, and several key underlying services like single
sign-on capabilities and the ability to connect multiple, independent
applications in a standard way. This is a trend where Sun continues to
be a pioneer.
For the free download, please visit: www.sun.com/solaris
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the
development of technologies that power the world's most important
markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities
is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation
Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at
http://sun.com.
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Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
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