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Sun
Sun sets open-source course for Solaris
01/26/05 - Sun Microsystems said Tuesday that its Solaris 10 operating system would soon be available on an open-source basis, a move the company hopes will help counter the perception that its technology is too proprietary and pricier than the competition. More at SF Gate.com.
News in 2004
South
African TV show evangelises open source
11/24/04 - The television show, called Go_Open, has been produced with the
help of the Shuttleworth Foundation, which promotes the use of open-source
software in South African schools. The 13 part series features success
stories, interviews with local and international open-source pioneers
and news from the open-source world.
South
Firefox Gains, IE Slides
11/23/04 - Microsoft's stranglehold on the browser market continues to
loosen, a Dutch Web monitoring company said Tuesday as it released new
numbers that show the open-source Firefox making inroads. According to
OneStat.com, an Amsterdam-based Web metrics firm, Microsoft's Internet
Explorer still rules the browser roost with a 88.9 percent usage share,
but that number's down a full five points since May. More
here.
Open Source Licenses Are Not All the Same
11/18/04 - One of the most significant developments in the software and web development
community in the past few years has been the increased use of open
source software. It's vital for any programmer, web designer, or
other computer professional to understand that open source licenses
are not all the same. The differences between licenses can have
a big impact on how you may use or distribute the software. The
rest
of Stephen
Fishman's article is a good primer for open source newbies.
Sun's JDS Gets Nod from Japanese Government
11/11/04 - Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Wednesday that the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has selected its
Java Desktop System to be part of a ministry initiative to promote the use of open-source desktops in educational institutions. The initiative is part of METI's efforts to stimulate
the growth of an open-source community within Japan and competitive alternatives to Microsoft Corp. on the desktop. More on eWeek.
Sun
Solaris Open-Source Release Still Undecided
11/05/04 - Sun Microsystems expects to publicly debut Solaris 10 on Nov.
15, but its plans to release an open-source version of the Unix operating
system remain in limbo. Although Solaris 10 for UltraSPARC, Intel x86-based
and AMD Opteron-based servers is expected to be finished by the end of
the year and ship in the first quarter of 2005, details of an open-source
version of Solaris have not been finalized, Sun President and COO Jonathan
Schwartz confirmed during a briefing in San Francisco last week. More
here.
Novell launches pro-Linux counteroffensive against MS
11/05/04 - Novell has responded to Microsoft's attempts to portray Windows
as a safer proposition than Linux in the enterprise with a counteroffensive
of its own. In response to Microsoft's 'Get the Facts' campaign,
Novell has launched a site designed to "unbending the truth" about
Linux. Anyway, read the rest of someone's version of the truth
here.
UK
government policy on open source revised
10/28/04 - UK Government will consider OSS solutions alongside proprietary
ones in IT procurements. Contracts will be awarded on a value for
money basis.
• UK Government will only use products for interoperability that
support open standards and specifications in all future IT developments.
• UK Government will seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary IT products
and services.
Looks
promising! The rest of the official doc is here.
Open-Source
Community Upbeat at LinuxWorld
08/03/04 - Few places offer as clear a view into the evolving "digital divide"
of the computer industry than the floor of the LinuxWorld expo here.
This divide isn't between the haves and have-nots of our society,
but rather between the hard-core coders holding high the banner
of open-source software and the rest of the community trying to
make a buck from Linux. More on the topic here.
Sun to Demo Sun Ray Linux at LinuxWorld
08/02/04 - Sun to Demo Sun Ray Linux at LinuxWorld Sun will demonstrate a new version of its Sun Ray thin-client computing technology for Linux at this week's LinuxWorld. "The biggest news for us is that we're taking the low overhead, low TCO model of Sun Ray. ... We have two system administrators managing 4000 Sun Ray desktops at Sun—to Linux," said Benjamin Baer, group marketing manager for Sun Ray at Sun.
Breaking the rules with open source
08/02/04 - In the space of five months, John Roberts started a software company and delivered its first product to thousands of potential customers--a process that could easily have taken years. His secret? Open-source development. And there's more about the benefits of open source methodologies here.
The Java Debate at OSCon
07/28/04 - Notes from the panel discussion at the O'Reilly OSCon, where Tim (O'Reilly) asked the panel members to explore questions of whether the status quo way Java has been handled is NOT working...
More on Divablog.
Sun 'Open Sources' another project
06/21/04 - Originally
dubbed 'Hydrogen', this renamed project release is the Evolution
connector for Sun Java Enterprise System Calendar Server (SJESCS).
It enables Evolution to use SJESCS as a calendar backend, supports
SJESCS 5.1 and above, supports the WCAP (Web Calendar Access Protocol)
2.0 and 3.0 protocols. And it works with Evolution 1.4. Get the
'GPLed' code here
Sun's Long Road to Open-Source Solaris
06/03/04 - OSun
President and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Schwartz confirmed
that the company would open the Solaris source code at the SunNetwork
Conference in Shanghei, China. "I don't want to say when that will
happen, but make no mistake—we will open-source Solaris." (Read
the rest).
Introducing JDIC
06/01/04 - As
part of java.net,
javadesktop.org
has launched the JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC) project
on javadesktop.org. JDIC will enable applications written for the
Java™ platform (Java applications) to integrate more seamlessly
with their native desktop environment. Initially the project supports
features such as embedding the native HTML browser. As a bonus,
an SDK for developing platform-independent screensavers is included.
Free
software guru speaks on patents
05/25/04 - Speaking in London last week, Richard Stallman, founder of GNU,
argued passionately against the legalisation of what he calls "software
idea patents". The core of Stallman's argument is that if companies
are allowed to patent software ideas, big business will ride roughshod
over the smaller players, and the free software movement will be
effectively strangled. This, Stallman warns,
is the fate awaiting Europe is the current draft of the directive
on computer implemented inventions is passed unchanged.
Torvalds
Changes How Code Can Be Contributed to Linux
05/24/04 - Under
the new kernel submission process, contributions to the Linux kernel
may only be made by individuals who acknowledge their right to make
the contribution under an appropriate open-source license. This
acknowledgment, the DCO, is used to track contributions and contributors
to Linux. Plus, it's got the OSDL,
seal of approval.
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source Community
05/20/04 - Dubbed
"Project Beehive," the effort is touted as part of a strategy to
simplify Java development and broaden accessibility to WebLogic
through the open sourcing of Java controls, Web services and page
flows. It also is seen as an effort by BEA to address challenges
in the Java realm from IBM and Microsoft. Beehive will be available
this summer under an open-source license. (Read
on).
JBoss Under Fire, Accused of Bogus Postings
05/19/04 - JBoss
Inc. and its leader Marc Fleury are taking heat in the Java and
open-source communities for allegedly posting fake messages around
the Internet promoting JBoss and its business model and blasting
competitors. According
to sources and published reports, JBoss employees, including Fleury,
the chief executive of the so-called "professional open source"
company, posted messages to popular Java sites such as TheServerSide
and JavaLobby
under anonymous or bogus names.
Why Health First is dumping MS Office
05/17/04 - There
are two big IT projects going on at Health First Inc., and Linux
is at the heart of both of them. Health First is migrating its desktops
to OpenOffice and bringing in many Novell's Nterprise Linux Services.
Weaning 6,000 IT users off of Microsoft Office 97 on 3,500 PCs is
no small feat. (Read the rest).
BEA
Dismisses Open Source App Server Threat
05/10/04 - BEA Systems Inc has dismissed the challenge posed to its application
server business by open source alternatives such as JBoss Inc, rejecting
the idea that the market is becoming commoditized. "We don't
see that happening," said Jim Rivera, senior principal technologist
for BEA. Read more comments
by Mr. Rivera on middleware.
Sun
considers GPL license for Solaris
04/30/04 - Sun may be selling servers running Linux, but that doesn't
mean it is cutting back on the evolution of Solaris. Among its plans,
the company is considering offering a free, open source version of its
flagship
operating system, said new Pres & COO Jonathan Schwartz.
Plugging the Linux holes
04/30/04 - Do we chalk it up to 'old habits are hard to break' or is there still a shortage of major desktop apps running
on GNU/Linux? Even OSS pundit Bruce Perens admits "I still have
a Windows machine that I use solely to run Quicken and TurboTax
once a year." The newshounds at CNet go on to describe the current
'chicken and the egg' quandary in Open Source Software.
Office
2003 vs. OpenOffice.Org
04/26/04 - Open-source alternatives to Office have
matured to the point where IT managers are beginning to investigate
the viability of moving from the Microsoft Corp. suite to a
license-free alternative. See how eWEEK compares the OpenOffice.org project's OpenOffice.org suite and Microsoft's
Office 2003 under real-world conditions.
Open source's untapped
potential
04/19/04 - The growing popularity of the
Linux operating system has drawn attention to a style
of software development in which volunteers,
collaborating over the Internet, can create programs
that are cheaper, even arguably better, than those
that emerge from paid staffers working at high- tech
firms. (Read the rest).
Sun Exec: Microsoft Deal Isn't Anti-Linux
04/07/04 - The agreement with Microsoft is
about interoperability and choice for our customers,
not about battling Linux or open source," Fowler said
in an e-mail interview with Linux Pipeline. "Sun
recognizes that mixed environments are a reality and
Sun is investing to make customers successful with Sun
products in a mixed environment." (Read on).
The Business Argument For Open Source
03/15/04 - Open source at its core was never about preventing people from making a living. I (article writer Jonathan Feldman) asked Eric Raymond, spiritual leader of the open-source movement, whether he was disgruntled that others were making money off his code.
Read RMS' reply here
Sun offers advice to Eclipse
01/30/04 - Days before a planned meeting of the organization overseeing the Eclipse Java tools platform, Java creator Sun Microsystems Inc. weighed in with its thoughts on Eclipse's direction, reiterating its refusal to join Eclipse but expressing a desire for a friendly working relationship with the group. More
here on Infoworld.
Sun Launches Java for Linux
01/22/04 - Collaboration Is key, as one of the new offerings from Sun is a
Java.net community for Linux developers -- with Java-based tools
on the Solaris operating system and Linux and Windows platforms
More here.
Open Source Predictions for 2004
01/07/04 - The film critic Roger Ebert once said that lists are a lazy editor's way of creating something that looks like a story, but isn't. Ouch. And here's a list of predictions for Linux and open source in 2004.
News in 2003
Linux gets heart transplant with 2.6.0
12/17/03 - The new version of the core, or kernel, of Linux has several changes that make Linux better suited to powerful computers with numerous processors, a market dominated today by servers running versions of the Unix operating system on which Linux is based.
This version will be the first major change since 2.4.0 was released in January 2001. From its lowly roots as a student project Linus Torvalds began 12 years ago, the software has matured to become a major competitor to Microsoft and a key part of most computing companies' plans.
Open Source Software - everybody's doing it!
12/08/03 - Remember the old saying, "Nobody got fired for buying IBM"? Well, these days, even IBM is using open source software. So is Hewlett Packard, and so is Sun. In fact, every major player, with one notable exception, is offering open source. Open source software is growing rapidly in the commercial environment, including South Africa.
Nor is it only industry. IBM has just persuaded Britain's Office of Government Commerce to launch a nine-department trial of open source, to compare the effectiveness and cost benefits with the more usual proprietary
systems. In Australia, the National Archive Office took the decision last November to place all government documents into open source, to preserve their quality and accessibility.
Sun,
JBoss settle Java dispute
11/18/03 - The two companies on Tuesday announced that the JBoss Group
has licensed testing software that will allow the open-source company
to bring its software in line with Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
standard version 1.4. In addition, a similar open-source Java application
server effort from The Apache Software Foundation, called Geronimo, will
also license the J2EE certification test kit, according to Sun. The Geronimo
project, founded earlier this year, has not yet released a finished product.
Novell reinvents itself around Linux
11/04/03 - Novell greatly expanded its presence in the Linux marketplace
on Tuesday by announcing plans to acquire SuSE Linux for $210 million
in cash. It also said IBM will be investing $50 million in Novell, which
will represent roughly two percent of the software maker's value. The
purchase of SuSE Linux, a major distributor of the Linux operating system,
follows the acquisition of another open-source software provider, Ximian,
in August. It also comes after an announcement by Novell earlier this
year that it will offer a number of networking software services on Linux.
Should UnitedLinux Boot SCO?
10/27/03 - "SCO, regardless of what anyone wants to say, is marching on," says Yankee
Group analyst Laura DiDio. Its stock price has risen sharply, and
it just received $50 million in new financing. But how will SCO's
current agenda affect its relationship with the other members of
UnitedLinux? James Maguire investigates some
possibilities.
Kapor: Why the old development model is history
10/24/03 - The software development model that produced Lotus 1-2-3 and
Microsoft Windows and created long lists of multi-millionaires in the
process is all but over, says Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus, the EFF,
and Open Source Application Foundation. In its place stands open source
software, where the model is, "Do good work, make a decent living and
maybe make the world a better place." the
rest here.
Open Source Gains at Microsoft's Expense in Mass.
10/20/03 - The software development model that produced Lotus 1-2-3 and Microsoft Windows and created long
lists of multi-millionaires in the process is all but over, says Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus, the EFF, and
Open Source Application Foundation. In its place stands open source software, where the model is, "Do good work,
make a decent living and maybe make the world a better place." the
rest on NewsFactor.
Are Windows and Linux Technology Equals?
09/23/03 - Sun
Microsystems had added five new PC makers to its list of Java supporters,
as the company continues it attempt to secure the software on the
desktop. Acer, Gateway, Toshiba, Samsung and Tsinghua Tongfang are
the latest OEMs agreeing to ship Sun's JVM with their computers.
This group joins Dell, HP and Apple, which signed deals earlier
in the year. Sun now claims to have close to 50 per cent of the
PC market Java-enabled. (complete
story on The Register).
Telstra joins Mad Hatter party
09/18/03 - TELSTRA plans to use Sun Microsystems' just released Mad Hatter desktop software
as a replacement for Microsoft Windows as a part of its massive technology
revamp. Telstra hopes to cut up to $750 million from its $1.5 billion
annual IT budget. It has targeted Microsoft Windows and Office desktop
products, as well as Microsoft's server platforms as areas of potential
savings.
Read further.
Are Windows and Linux Technology Equals?
09/09/03 - In the world of open source , Linux has become the 500-pound gorilla. So much so that the term "open source" often is used synonymously with "Linux," as if Linux were the only open-source operating system.
Linux's dominance of the open-source world is more than just perception -- real numbers support this view. Tim Witham, director of the Open Source Development Lab, noted that of the two main open-source OSes, Linux and BSD, there are "a lot more people using Linux than BSD," and "if you look at revenue share, Linux far dominates." More
here on NewsFactor.
Open source has "strategic role": Malaysia
08/28/03 - Open source has "strategic role": Malaysia
The Malaysian government has reaffirmed its support for the use
and development of open-source software, saying that it has a "strategic
role". Read the rest on CNETAsia.
IBM
dismisses OpenOffice as child's play
08/22/03 - Karen Smith, vice president of Linux strategy and market development
at IBM, has been telling a number of publications that no open source
equivalent of Microsoft Office exists. Lest you think Smith has been living
in a cave, rest easy. She does appear to be acquainted with OpenOffice
and its StarOffice incarnation from Sun Microsystems. These suites, however,
are not good enough for IBM. "What we haven't seen become available
is a full replacement for Microsoft Office," Smith told ComputerWire.
(Read the rest
on the Register).
Are Windows and Linux Technology Equals?
08/13/03 - The flagship product of Microsoft, Windows benefits from more than
two decades of intense, heavily funded development work. Yet the upstart
Linux invokes comparisons to Windows because of its growth rate. Research
firm IDC identifies the "Lintel" format as the faster-growing server
segment. Sun has launched its Mad Hatter Linux desktop push, and Wal-Mart
has begun selling ultra-cheap Linux-based PCs -
(continued)
GPL goes to court
08/11/03 - A commentary
by The
Register's Andrew Orlowski. At first glance it looks
like he's about to endorse football hooliganism, so be sure to read
further.
Defense
Contractor Says Open Source Is Widely Used, Beneficial To DoD
05/21/03 - The
last thing anyone in the Apache community seems to want is to compromise
its open-source roots and cause fragmentation of an extremely popular
Web server. But most distributors also want to make money by fine-tuning
it to run with their Linux distros (complete
story).
Sun, HP: We're safe from SCO
05/20/03 - Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard say SCO Group's attempt to
obtain royalties for inappropriate uses of Unix won't likely affect
them, while Linux specialist Red Hat said it would defend itself
vigorously against any challenges. More
here.
Microsoft Licenses Unix IP From SCO
05/19/03 - It's
the latest major twist in the intellectual property drama swirling
around SCO: Microsoft said it licensed SCO's Unix patents and source
code as a gesture to support the intellectual property rights of
all vendors and to ensure compatibility between Windows and Unix/Linux
operating systems.
Can US developers form an 'open source' union?
05/15/03 - There has never been a successful union-style organizing movement
among US software developers. Ian Lurie, who runs a Seattle Web
design firm, believes this is because traditional "industrial" union
structures don't serve programmers' needs very well, but that a
new, "open source" union structure based on pre-industrial craft
guilds might make lives better for people in the job-nomadic IT
industry. The rest on the
Register.
Big companies save big from open source
05/08/03 - This
InfoWorld article cites a study stating customers can save 20 percent
with OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office. Large companies can
save a substantial amount of money by using open source software
products, according to a study published Wednesday by the Swiss
consultancy Soreon Research.
News in 2002
Defense
Contractor Says Open Source Is Widely Used, Beneficial To DoD
08/21/02 - Open-source software is in widespread use in the U.S. Department
of Defense, and is important to defending against cyber attacks, says
a report by defense contractor Mitre Corp. The report comes about a week
after three members of the House of Representatives attacked open source.
Linuxbierwanderung
07/25/02 - a.k.a. The Linux Beer Hike or LBW for short this annual summer
event is one at which Linux users from around the world meet in a region
with a high density of brew pubs. The objectives are valorous: hike to
the pub, drink beer and exchange ideas until closing time, then hack Linux
through until it's morning again. Find out the dates and details on
/.!
GNOME 2.0 Desktop & Developer
Platform Released
06/26/02 - The GNOME
Foundation released version 2.0 of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform
at the Ottawa Linux Symposium this past Wednesday, June 26th. This latest
version of the popular, multi-platform desktop environment boasts simpler
user interface and a host of powerful developer tools.
Making Time
06/11/02 - "JXTA peer-to-peer technology enables a more social style
of computing". The technology allows any digital device--or peer--connected
to any network, to independently discover and communicate with other peers,
creating connected communities. Cell phones to workstations to servers,
each can talk to one other and securely share files and pictures. Read
more on how people have complete access to content across multiple
devices, regardless of location, regardless of network.
Connected
Communities
06/11/02 - Take the smartest people in your organization and accelerate
their work. Give them virtually unlimited compute power so they perform
tasks faster, and do their jobs better, using applications they know and
a computing platform they trust. That's the power of a grid. Read more
of this story about Grid
Engine technology.
Taiwan opens
door to open source
06/05/02 - Taiwan is turning its back on software from the likes of Microsoft
to develop its own open-source project, according to a recent report.
The Taiwanese government plans to start an open-source project as early
as next year that could save it as much as $295 million in royalty payments
to Microsoft, according to a report from Taiwan's Central News Agency.
Jxta: One year
later with Bill Joy
05/01/02 - Whether one reads the transcript
or listens to the audio cast (Real
Player or Flash
Player) be sure to catch up with Bill Joy and Mike Clary as they send
a personal thanks to all the people in the JXTA community for all the
incredible work and participation.
Open-source MP3
rival goes mobile
04/15/02 - The Ogg Vorbis project to create a fully open, license-free
alternative to the MP3 format got a boost on Thursday with the release
of the first Ogg player for a handheld device. Ogg Vorbis is an open-source
project aimed at creating an audio compression-decompression format similar
to MP3, but free of patents and license fees.
OpenOffice.org
- providing the best freeware office suite available
04/01/02 - The site dedicated to freeware, OnlyTheBestFreeware.com,
names OpenOffice.org as the best freeware office suite available, noting
that OpenOffice build 641d runs on Windows, Linux, and the SPARC version
of Sun Solaris - and the fact that it can open and save documents from
other office suites like Microsoft's and Corel's.
Java
Community Process Embraces Open Source
03/26/02 - The JCP has been working closely with the Apache Software Foundation
to update the Java Specification Participation Agreement (JSPA) to enhance
the relationship between the JCP and the open source community. Sun has
proposed changes to the JSPA based on Apache's feedback, and both organizations
last week agreed in principle on those changes. A detailed letter of intent
has been posted at www.jcp.org
that outlines the agreement.
A Closer Look at Linux
03/21/02 - Executives Gadre and DeWitt discuss Sun's Open Source strategy
- When Sun announced it was broadening support for the open source operating
system, Linux, Sun.com readers responded. What does this move mean for
Sun's products and technologies, its customers, and software developers?
More than 1500 readers responded to the feature story, Sun Broadens Support
for Linux, posted last month. Read the replies here.
SOAP Communication
over the JXTA P2P network
03/13/02 - As a component of the Reptile
project, the JXTA
Bridge project is designed to allow SOAP communication over
the JXTA P2P network. Use SOAP encodings and faults over the JXTA network,
redeploy services built for JXTA over other networks, and more. Kudos
to Kevin Burton!
Jxta SIG presentations now live
02/25/02 - The JXTA-SIG (www.jxtasig.org) had its kick off event in conjunction
with a Sun sponsored JXTA Town Hall at the recent LinuxWorld Expo. The
presentations by Steve Waterhouse, Director of Engineering - Project JXTA,
Gerry Seidman from Internet Access Methods (www.iam-there.com),
and Joe Bookman from Improv Technologies (www.improv-tech.com),
on projects utilizing the JXTA Technology are available here.
Good ideas
are worth money
02/17/02 - So why are hard headed operators giving them away for free?
Open Source continues to gain developers - and notice. Where will we find
the ideas applied and experimented with next? Read on in Graham Lawton's
New Scientist article The
Great Giveaway
"JXTA: Java P2P Programming"
02/15/02 - This new book by Daniel Brookshier, Darren Govoni, Navaneeth
Krishnan, and Juan Carlos Soto provides an invaluable introduction to
this emerging technology at a time when developers crave useful information
and practical examples. Created by members of the JXTA community sharing
their real-world experience, the book explains the fundamentals of P2P
and demonstrates how JXTA fulfills the P2P promise. More information is
available here.
The
JXTA Enterprise How-To
02/14/02 - So if I want to roll out a JXTA-based application in my enterprise,
what do I need to do? This early
draft applies to most JXTA-based products to be used in enterprises.
It is largely independent of the specifics of any JXTA-based application
and only deals with those aspects of JXTA that are common across applications.
Project JXTA
Virtual Network - a new Whitepaper
02/13/02 - Initiated to standardize a common set of protocols for building
P2P operations, this Open Source project originally conceived by Sun Microsystems
was designed with the participation of a small but growing number of experts
. . . continued
Open source
developers face new warranty threat
01/15/02 - If there's one thing free software developers hate more than
writing documentation, it's fighting a long-drawn out and unglamorous
legal battle. But the latest episode in the UCITA saga bodes ill for any
free software author based in the United States.
Analysis
of the Impact of Open Source Software
01/14/02 - Read the Executive Summary submitted to the UK government on
the validity and importance of Open Source Software. "Our first key conclusion
is that . . . "(Open Source Software)" is indeed the start of a fundamental
change in the software infrastructure makerplace, and is not a hype bubble
that will burst."
Slashdot
Interviews: Talk to Sun's Open Source Diva
01/10/02 - Slashdot is facilitating a Q&A; session with Danese Cooper,
Manager of Sun's Open Source Program Office. A frequent speaker at IT
industry events and conferences, Danese is Sun's staunchest internal Open
Source advocate. Slashdot will post her answers to 10 of the highest-moderated
questions within the next week or so.
SuSE buys
off trademark extortionist
01/10/02 - As we reported earlier,
German Linux distributor SuSE was barred from distributing its product
in Germany after a trademark infringement action was brought by a company
which admitted it was only looking to make a fast buck.
Free Speech
Synthesis
01/07/02 - Researchers from Sun have created an open source speech synthesis
engine written entirely in Java that converts text to speech. You type
it; your workstation speaks it. And the whole world benefits.
Industrial
Strength P2P: Jxta
01/01/02 - Business 2.0 - Can Sun Microsystems create the Windows of peer-to-peer
computing? Research the birth and growth of Bill Joy's plan to create
a software operating platform upon which distributed applications (aka
- peer-to-peer computing) could be built.
News in 2001
"Everyone's
Excited and Confused"
12/14/01 - GNOME 2.0 Developer Platform Beta: The API frozen Developer
Platform Beta, "Everyone's Excited and Confused", is ready for your porting
pleasure! It is available for immediate download here.
The
Internet Under Siege
Who owns the Internet? Until recently, nobody. Yet now under the guise
of protecting private property, a series of new laws and regulations are
dismantling the very architecture that made the Internet a framework for
global innovation. Read Lawrence Lessig's FP
article on this important topic.
A
JXTA Chat
Read the JavaPro article on JXTA by Budi Kurniawan, Java's entry into
the world of smart Web services for defining P2P protocols, including
an easy-to-write chat application. Budi states: "Surprisingly, you
don't need to do much to build a JXTA application.
MS promotes
Linux from threat to 'the' threat - Memo
Linux is the long-term threat against our core business. Never forget
that!" Microsoft Windows Division Veep Brian Valentine exclaims in
a confidential memo to his sales personnel that has been obtained by The
Register.
NetBeans:
Evolution of a Successful Open Source Project
Business 2.0 - What Works: Sun saw Open Source as a way to offer the NetBeans
IDE to other developers, while at the same benefiting the company. Participation
from outside developers, and partners, ensures NetBeans can be a better,
more stable platform that meets the needs of a global pool of developers.
The
Coming "Open Monopoly" in software
Read Petr Hrebejk and Tim Boudreau's article claiming that the current
Microsoft Monopoly will be replaced by an 'Open Monopoly' a monopoly of
Open Source. In their view, it's inevitable this 'Open Monopoly' will
win in the end, and that apart from the current monopolist, everyone will
be better of, because of lower barriers for participation, software better
targeted at its users and lower development costs.
OpenOffice.org
celebrates its 1st year
One year ago October 13, Sun open-sourced the code to StarOffice. To honor
this day and the community who have made OpenOffice.org such a success,
we have put together pages of our accomplishments, features (of the code),
stories, testimonials, and more.
LIBERTY ALLIANCE
PROJECT
Read the Sun press release on this important initiative and view the Project
Liberty site for more information about this open federated
identity model for the Internet.
A PROJECT
IN MOTION: Interview with Project JXTA's Li Gong
One developer who is investing considerable time and energy in Project
JXTA is Li Gong, a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems. Gong is
keenly adept at stepping onto the front lines to help push the boundaries
of the technology revolution.
New Java
Stable Release Now Available
A new release of the Java Reference Implementation of the JXTA platform
and shell has been prepared and is now available for download. This release
has a lot of exciting performance enhancements and bug fixes.
Projectliberty.org
Goes Live
In an unprecedented collaboration between some of the world's largest
businesses and industries, representing over a billion customers, employees
and business partners, 33 major companies announced today the formation
of an alliance, code named Liberty Alliance Project (www.projectliberty.org).
May the
Best Code Win
Reaction to OSCON's Microsoft-Red Hat Debate: In the wake of the keynotes
and debate, java.sun.com caught up with Danese Cooper, a.k.a. Sun Microsystems's
"Open Source Diva," to get her interpretation of what it all means to
the larger free and open source community.
Sun
announced today that it will give its Java implementation of the Web-based
Enterprise Management
(WBEM)
standard to WBEMsource, an open source initiative, also announced today.
Open Standards
Philosophy Helps to Level Playing Field
Standards are now important enough to the market that even Microsoft has
to participate," says Carl Cargill, Sun's director of Corporate Standards,
in a talk with Sun Senior Web Architect Peter Trapasso about why standards
are so critical to successful technology development.
Sun Microsystems launches SunSource.net
Read the press release on how developers will benefit from 8 million lines
of Sun-sponsored open source code available through sunsource.net.
Tomcat: Still Picking up Steam
A year and a half after Tomcat's debut, coverage of Apache's Servlet and
JSP engine keeps picking up. Read
more...
RMS
Says Free Software Is Good
Richard M. Stallman recently spoke on the reasons that software developers,
CEOs and every citizen whatsoever should prefer the Free software movement's
methods and results, stating: "Microsoft says that businesses can't get
along with the GPL. So if businesses don't include IBM, and HP, and Sun,
then maybe they're right."
Read more...
Creating the New Open
Source at OpenOffice.org
Louis Suárez-Potts examines the logic and practice of Open Source and
OpenOffice.org.
Read more...
Eazel
Shutting Down, Nautilus Will Continue
Eazel is indeed shutting down but the good news is that Nautilus development
will continue . . .
more
NetBeans.org
- Only Open Source Tools Platform
Netbeans.org press release announces their expanded functionality with
more than a dozen major community contributions added to the netbeans
open source code base.
Simon
Phipps shares his software vision
Simon Phipps' thought-provoking talk this year titled "Standards, Swarms,
and Synergies" maintained that the key to successful Internet growth is
to have successful, shared standards.
"There's nothing new under the sun -- it's all been done before", Phipps
declared.
Read more...
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