Jonathan Schwartz has responded to a Fortune article, and in it he explains his thoughts on Red Hat and open sourcing Solaris in a bit more detail than he has previously. David Kirkpatrick, in a follow up article, Why Open Source Doesn't Always Mean Free, explains his thoughts on the letter, and publishes it in full.
Podcasting the inside of Sun Microsystems, for those on the outside. I/O Podcast
e diel Qer 27, 2004
e mërkurë Qer 23, 2004
From NEWS.com.au Technology section, NSW makes open source move.
"The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority -- traditionally a big Microsoft user -- is tipping savings of $2 million a year from the rollout of Sun Microsystems' Star Office package to registry managers and the Mozilla browser and email client to 1500 computers used by the authority's front counter staff in vehicle registries across the state."
"The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority -- traditionally a big Microsoft user -- is tipping savings of $2 million a year from the rollout of Sun Microsystems' Star Office package to registry managers and the Mozilla browser and email client to 1500 computers used by the authority's front counter staff in vehicle registries across the state."
e hënë Qer 21, 2004
Skype, the peer-to-peer VOIP company that was spawned out of KaZaA, has released their beta client for the Java Desktop System Release 2. Previously they only had a version for Windows 2000, XP and Pocket PC.
The main difference between Skype and other IM clients is that it is decentralised. Meaning that the load is borne across the peer-to-peer network. See their Skype P2P Explained page.
e enjte Qer 17, 2004
There was a bit of fall out a few months back when Schwartz was quoted as saying that Red Hat is a proprietary Linux distribution. So, it's going to be interesting to see what the fall out is from the statement made by Matthew Szulik, Red Hat's Chief Executive, in an interview with Linux News, Putting Linux on the Desktop.
Szulik says, "If you buy the Sun desktop, you're going to buy into the proprietary Sun architecture".
Which part of the Java Desktop System (JDS) is Sun proprietary? The SuSE operating system, GNOME user interface, Ximian Evolution mail client, Mozilla browser, StarOffice (based on OpenOffice), or the Jabber IM client. For that matter, given you can replace any application with any other Linux application, why is this proprietary to Sun.
Perhaps he's talking about Java, which is bundled with JDS. Is he saying that the Sun Java is proprietary when compared to the IBM or BEA Java that they bundle with their Desktop? Seems very strange since they both do the same thing, and if someone wanted could install the IBM one straight into JDS.
It's also worth comparing the list of parts to JDS and what is bundled in Red Hat Desktop. Almost all are the same product, and all are interchangeable.
Makes me think that Szulik is just having a jab at Schwartz for his comment. Time for them to sit down together I think.
Szulik says, "If you buy the Sun desktop, you're going to buy into the proprietary Sun architecture".
Which part of the Java Desktop System (JDS) is Sun proprietary? The SuSE operating system, GNOME user interface, Ximian Evolution mail client, Mozilla browser, StarOffice (based on OpenOffice), or the Jabber IM client. For that matter, given you can replace any application with any other Linux application, why is this proprietary to Sun.
Perhaps he's talking about Java, which is bundled with JDS. Is he saying that the Sun Java is proprietary when compared to the IBM or BEA Java that they bundle with their Desktop? Seems very strange since they both do the same thing, and if someone wanted could install the IBM one straight into JDS.
It's also worth comparing the list of parts to JDS and what is bundled in Red Hat Desktop. Almost all are the same product, and all are interchangeable.
Makes me think that Szulik is just having a jab at Schwartz for his comment. Time for them to sit down together I think.
