Dienstag Mai 10, 2005

"Iona, Sun partner for Solaris service bus"
"Iona Technologies and Sun Microsystems announced a technology and marketing agreement that will see Iona offer a version of its Artix enterprise service bus (ESB) for Sun's Solaris 10, and the pair working on Java Enterprise System integration."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 03:23:55 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Sun Microsystems to Acquire Tarantella"
"UNIX-based server maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Tarantella Inc. for $25 million in cash, or 90 cents per share, plus the assumption of employee stock options."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 03:16:23 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Novell Loses Another Open-Source Aficionado"
"As a raft of senior executives leave Novell to pursue other interests, the company is reiterating its commitment to embracing Linux across its entire product line. That response follows news that Richard Seibt, the former president of SuSE Linux AG, which Novell Inc. acquired in early 2004, has resigned from his current position as president of Novell EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 12:23:57 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Apache Talks Open Source Java"
"Sun's chief technologist for Java Software, Graham Hamilton, said he welcomes Apache's Harmony initiative and its commitment to compatibility with JCP specifications.

"We'll certainly be tracking this as it develops. We'll probably participate in the project at some level, although most of our efforts will continue to be focused on building Sun's reference implementation of J2SE," Hamilton said in a recent blog post.

"Personally, I am not entirely sure if the world really needs a second J2SE implementation, but at the same time, I am also glad to see that all the effort we put into getting the rules and the licensing issues straightened out is actually proving useful."

Harmony backers said their plan is simple and straightforward enough that they could begin coding immediately.

"It is meant to be a gathering of the tribes," Danese Cooper, open source guru and prominent advocate for open source Java, told internetnews.com. "It is not enough to have a JVM or a class library; you need the whole TCK [Technology Compatibility Kit]."

Cooper said the breakthrough came during a November meeting in Cambridge, England, when Jakarta Project chairman Geir Magnusson and others began discussing the proposal openly and honing in on the various parties that would be involved."

The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 07:53:43 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Microsoft’s Doom: Open Source"
"Open source is becoming quite popular because it doesn't cost the user money to get at it and use it. You could download Linux for free. You can download OpenOffice for free. Microsoft may be in for a spot of trouble because the free stuff is getting better.
[...]
Then there's the Open Office suite Sun Microsystems is working on with a little help from its friends. The new beta is out and it's sharp. Reviews on it look good I must say and I'm getting itchy to try it myself. To be honest, MSOffice is good stuff but in my checkbook, free is ALWAYS better $300 or $400."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 07:47:51 AM CEST ) Permalink

"Learning lessons from open source"
"It is all so different from the world of open source vendors, and other IT companies who are coming to terms — however painfully — with open source. UK schools can get hold of StarOffice, for instance, simply by going to Sun's Web site and downloading it for virtually unrestricted use in classrooms and at home. Some 1500 schools have signed up so far."
The full article can be found here.
( Mai 10 2005, 07:44:53 AM CEST ) Permalink