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Host: Dan Roberts
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Sun’s Open Source Contribution: $2 Billion, Dozens of Projects
Did you know that Sun contributes more than $200 million per year of intellectual property to the open source movement, in dozens of open source projects? The company’s historical contribution tops $2 billion. WOW!
This month on SDNtv, tune in for a four-part look at Sun’s open source strategy and take a close look at several open source projects and how you can get involved.
In this week’s episode, guest host Dan Roberts (standing in for new daddy, Mark Herring) chats with Simon Phipps, Sun’s chief open source officer. Tune in to hear Phipps explain how open source is radically changing the computer industry.
Stay tuned next week as Phipps hosts the Open Source Java Special. You'll hear about OpenJDK, the new open source JDK project along with Project GlassFish.
Show Notes
Links
- Sun's Open Source Website - find out why Open Source is about participation
- OpenJDK - Open Source JDK project
- Kitchen Sink Language Project - try out your language ideas here
- Stories, Real Technology, Real Users - read about the latest GlassFish projects
- Sun Developer Network - the source for Sun Developer Solutions
- GNOME Foundation - get the latest news on the GNOME desktop
- PostrgreSQL - the most advanced open source database
- Apache Derby Project - Open Source relational database implemented entirely in Java
- Java DB - based on Apache Derby, a complete relational database management system
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Blogs and Wikis
- The Mink Dimension - Simon Phipp's view of the Web
- Mark Reinhold's Blog - Chief Engineer for Java SE
- The Aquarium - a blog about Open Source, Java EE, XML, SOA and more
- GlassFishWiki - community site for Project Glassfish developers
- Glynn Foster's Blog - GNOME, foundation member
- Planet GNOME - a window into the world, work and lives of GNOME hackers and contributors
- Francois Orsini's Blog - all about Java DB
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