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View archive The challenge of open source software. Sun's Simon Phipps surveys the changing open source landscape Open source is not open and shut. Licensing models, governance, and collaboration are key issues that need to be addressed by IT organizations, open source communities, and Sun itself as the use of open source software grows. Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, explains. » Full story »  Hear what Simon has to say about the future of open source »  Get involved in Sun's open source initiatives »  Learn more about the different types of open source licenses Delivering on the Promise of Software as a Service (SaaS) By Bill Vass In a few years, large companies may no longer purchase and deploy enterprise software applications. Sound incredible? Welcome to the SaaS revolution and its promise of predictable costs, rapid time to value, and optimized IT resource allocation. » More Sun Server, Storage Growth Continues Did you know Sun was the only top-four server vendor to achieve year-over-year server factory revenue growth, posting a 13.7% gain, according to Gartner? And Sun also continued its growth in the disk storage market, growing faster than HP, IBM, EMC and Dell (per market analyst IDC) and extended its lead in the tape storage market. Suggest a Topic Is there a topic that you want to see covered in a future Sun Inner Circle article? Let us know at innercircle@sun.com »  StarOffice 8 Software Free Trial Try out the full-featured office productivity suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office at just a slice of the cost. »  Win a FREE Sun Fire CoolThreads Server Post your performance data on your public Web site to be eligible for a chance to win a new CoolThreads server! »  Get Expert Help Migrating from JBuilder to NetBeans IDE 5.0 Check out Sun Developer Expert Assistance for free technical help in migrating from JBuilder to NetBeans IDE 5.0. »  Sun Labs Open House: Take a look at Sun SPOTS, Project Darkstar, and other emerging technologies showcased at an open house commemorating the 15th anniversary of Sun Labs. »  Get Ubuntu GNU/Linux for UltraSPARC T1 Servers: The popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution from Canonical is now available for Sun Fire CoolThreads servers with the UltraSPARC T1 processor. »  Sun Drives Digital Animation: Learn how Paramount Pictures used a Sun-based 620-node compute farm and 64-bit technology to process the rich and complex animation in its new "Barnyard" film release. »  Listen to Sun N1 and Availability Software Podcasts: Hear new podcasts on topics such as Sun N1 ISV Ecosystem, disaster recovery with Sun Cluster Geographic Edition, and the evolving data center. »  Solaris ZFS Online Demo: See how Solaris ZFS offers a dramatic advance in data management with an innovative approach to data integrity and integration of file system and volume management.

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