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Sun sponsors a variety of programs designed to encourage innovation throughout the developer community. From Open Source projects, which supports innovation and rapid development, to Community Source Licensing, which provides some infrastructure support around a community of common interest, Sun is committed to updating and improving Java technology.
Open Source Projects at SunSunSource.net is Sun Microsystems' portal to all of its Open Source projects and technologies. Featuring news stories, project updates, and links, the portal is devoted to the ever-dynamic Open Source world. Hosted by CollabNet, SunSource.net also acts as an affordable means to bring Sun Open Source technologies to the outside and begin new Open Source communities revolving around them. Grid Engine is the first such usage of this 'sub' hosting feature. The Grid Engine project is an Open Source community effort to facilitate the adoption of distributed computing solutions. Sponsored by Sun Microsystems and hosted by CollabNet, the Grid Engine project provides enabling distributed resource management software for wide-ranging requirements from compute farms to grid computing. Originally under a closed source license, Sun acquired this DRM technology as GridWare and has since opened the code under the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL) for Open Source development. JXTA.org, the Open Source community home for the JXTA peer-to-peer technology. Project JXTA was incubated at Sun Microsystems, Inc. by Chief Scientist Bill Joy. The technology is a set of open protocols that allow any connected device on the network ranging from cell phones and wireless PDAs to PCs and servers to communicate and collaborate in a P2P manner. JXTA peers create a virtual network where any peer can interact with other peers and resources directly even when some of the peers and resources are behind firewalls and NATs or are on different network transports. Linux Open Source Software Download the Sun products that operate or use Linux, and get tips on developing with the Java 2 Platform for Linux. NetBeans.org, sponsored by Sun Microsystems, is a modular, standards-based integrated development environment (IDE), written in the Java programming language, and its architecture supports other languages as well. The Sun ONE Studio 3.0 IDE is a full-featured development environment based on the NetBeans platform, and is available for download at no charge. OpenOffice.org is an Open Source community project building the next generation of open-network office productivity software. It is sponsored by Sun Microsystems, and hosted by CollabNet, to create, a leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. OpenOffice.org is the home of the StarOffice software code. With over 7.5 Million lines of code, it is the largest code contribution ever to the Open Source community. Community Source Licensing ProgramsSun Community Source License Principles Richard P. Gabriel and William N. Joy discuss the difference between Open Source licensing and Community Source licensing, and how to get the best of both worlds. Sun's Source Code Catalog See the latest downloads from Sun Community Source Licensing, including Java 2 Platform, Standard and Enterprise Editions, Java HotSpot Virtual Machine, and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). Java 2 Community Source Developers' Area Java Community Process (JCP)The JCP program is the open process that Sun Microsystems, Inc. formalized to develop and revise Java technology specifications in cooperation with the international Java community. Java Community Process See the latest information about the Java Community Process program, and Sun's progress to develop and revise Java technology specifications, in cooperation with the international Java community. | ||||
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