Sun goes fully open source

2 Dec 2005

Sun is to open up more of its enterprise software. Ever-falling marketshare forced the decision, I suspect, and making everything in its stack open source is bound to get it goodwill from the techies.

It's not a position they would have taken if they could have avoided it: I remember asking the UK MD of Sun at the launch of their first Sun Linux products whether they would open up Solaris. His response? “What, and give away the crown jewels?”

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