Scott McNealy's five reasons that free, open source software is good for Sun
and our customers
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| # Free means low barrier to entry.
| # Open source as a research and development multiplier.
| # Security.
| # Partnering and proliferation of our technology.
| # Low barriers to exit.
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http://blogs.sun.com/jimlaurent/entry/scott_mcnealy_s_five_reasons
Open Source -- Then and Now: A Conversation With Ray Gans of the OpenJDK
Community Program
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| Few have been closer to the day-to-day processes involved in open sourcing
| the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) than Ray Gans, a manager at Sun
| Microsystems with a long history of working with Java compatibility programs.
| He currently manages the OpenJDK and Mobile & Embedded community programs,
| where he works to improve the collaboration between Sun and the open-source
| Java developer community. We met with him to gain a better understanding of
| how the open sourcing of the Java SE platform is going and where it is
| headed.
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http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/gans_qa.html
Related:
Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
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