PRNewswire: Sun Shifts Java Enterprise System, Tools to Open Source

“Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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…”

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