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Sun Microsystems is betting on the expansion and success of open
source, the need to conserve space, and the desire to keep energy
costs down, as it delivers thousands of new servers and releases its
UltraSparc T1 processor code.
Sun announced plans to publish specifications for the UltraSPARC-based
chip, including the source of the design expressed in Verilog, a verification
suite and simulation models, instruction set architecture specification
(UltraSPARC Architecture 2005) and a Solaris OS port. The goal is
to enable community members to build on proven technology at a markedly
lower cost and to innovate freely. The source code will be released
under an Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved open source license.
Sun has added a new part to its motto "The network is the computer" with the corollary "Zero barrier to entry."
Sun reiterated that it is making its entire stack open source over time, and announced that its complete software stack
will be free.
Is there a category of software big enough, mature enough and frustrating to customers enough to give rise to the next major software powerhouse-- let alone multiple software powerhouses?
Announced during the Ninth
Community Meeting, Jini has released its latest Jini Technology
Starter Kit under the Apache Open Source license. Read OET's interview
with members of the Jini Technology Team from Sun.
NetBeans IDE 5.0 introduces comprehensive support for developing IDE modules and rich client applications based on the NetBeans platform, the new intuitive GUI builder Matisse, new and redesigned CVS support, Weblogic9 and JBoss 4 support, and a lot of editor enhancements.
Visit NetBeans.org to
download the NetBeans IDE 5.0 Beta
Highlights and further information can be found at the NetBeans IDE
5.0 Beta release
page. And for a top level view about the NetBeans.org community
in action, read the weekly newsletter #217
and the monthly NetBeans Edge.
OpenOffice.org announced the availability of the 2.0 version of its
open source office suite. Major highlights include the open standard
OASIS OpenDocument XML format as the default file format, Multi-pane
view, support of CustomShapes and more. Find out about these features
and download the source below.
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.0/index.html
The OpenSolaris project is an open source operating system, a community
development effort and a place for collaboration and conversation
about OpenSolaris technology. It is aimed at developers and users
who want to develop and improve operating systems. The OpenSolaris
technology represents cutting edge operating system design, but the
innovation is just getting started!
+ Announcing Grid Engine
6.0 Beta2
Grid Engine 6.0 is now ready and courtesy binaries
are ready for download.
Grid Engine 6.0, now with Scalability Update 2 Snapshot 1 available,
is an important step forward to simplify Grid Computing
at the Enterprise and Cluster Grid level. Important new features of
Grid Engine 6.0 are support for flexible to use cluster queues, resource
reservation and availability of the job submission and control library
DRMAA. http://gridengine.sunsource.net/servlets/ProjectDownloadList
+ java.net - The Source for Java™
Technology Collaboration
Start
a project, join
a project. Comment on wikis,
blogs,
and other forums. Ask questions from experts. Get valuable tips and
information in the javapedia.
But whatever you do, join
the the java.net community - THE community for java developers. http://www.java.net/index.html
+ JXTA J2SE release, 2.3 "Jambalaya"
Release is available
Jxta.org is pleased to announce the availability
of a new JXTA J2SE release, 2.3 "Jambalaya". A lot of progress
has been made in this release and there is a lot to be excited about!
The JXTA Jambalaya release provides significant functional enhancements
of the JXTA J2SE platform, some important performance and scalability
improvements, along with a number of important bug fixes. Binary,
and source downloads are available at: http://download.jxta.org/stablebuilds/index.html
+ Jini - Updated Starter
Kit under the Apache License!
Jini.org has an updated Starter Kit
- Jini Technology Starter Kit v1.2.1_002. For those still making
use of our older 1.2.1 code base, this is a reissuing of that code
under the Apache License Version 2.0. http://starterkit.jini.org/downloads/index.html
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