Tuesday Oct 31, 2006

In this special video edition of Innovating@Sun, host, Hal Stern, interviews - Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's President and CEO, and Greg Papadopoulos, CTO and EVP of Research and Development. Hal engages his illustrious guests into a discussion focused around operating system innovation.

Watch this video podcast to hear Jonathan and Greg's compelling arguments about:

  • How developers want the innovation, roadmaps, and ability to drive forward on a platform they can both rely on and contribute to
  • OS Commoditization and R&D
  • How the binary distribution of the OS is the single, most valuable thing to customers who demand predictability of service levels
  • How the OS represents the fabric that ties together the computing, the storage, and the network infrastructure, plus the programmers' experience
  • The value of general purpose operating systems
  • OS IP and open source projects

    • Links:





    The Art of the Operating System: How to make innovation and stability coexist
    Free Your Mind: How a Small, Persistent Team Created a Revolutionary File System
    Computer, Heal Yourself: How a Distinguished Engineer Turned Buzz Into Reality





    Posted at 12:46PM Oct 31, 2006 by Laura Ventura in Sun   [permalink]    

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