Offerings

Get Solaris and Open Solaris free. Try MySQL Enterprise free for 30 days. Download the AMP Stack optimized for Solaris. Get other open source development tools free.

Operating Systems

Operating Systems are the engine for delivering business critical applications and infrastructure. With Sun you have your choice of operating system.

• Solaris
• Linux
• Windows

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Get the optimized AMP stack for Solaris and the GlassFish Web Stack

Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Perl, PHP and Python—we make it easier for you to use them all, and we provide a range of helpful developer tools. Sun GlassFish Web Stack is a complete LAMP/SAMP cross-platform portfolio of Web-tier technologies.

• White Paper: Learning GlassFish for Tomcat Users

MySQL Enterprise

MySQL database is the world's most popular open source database because of its fast performance, high reliability, ease of use, and dramatic cost savings. The MySQL Enterprise subscription offering includes the most comprehensive set of MySQL database software, monitoring and production support so your business can achieve the highest levels of reliability, security and uptime. MySQL Enterprise includes:

• MySQL Enterprise Server: the most reliable, secure and up-to-date version of the world's most popular open source database
• MySQL Enterprise Monitor: continuously monitors your database and proactively advises you on how to implement MySQL best practices
• MySQL 24x7 Production Support: with guaranteed response times to assist you in the development, deployment and management of MySQL applications

MySQL Enterprise is a unified offering that significantly reduces the risk, cost, and time required in developing, deploying and managing business-critical MySQL applications.

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JavaFX 1.0 — The World's Most Popular Development Platform Just got Better!

Featuring Immersive Media Capabilities for wide distribution Rich Internet Applications that provide a "high fidelity" GUI and integration with enterprise back-end systems and online web services, and that seamlessly operate on multiple Web browsers, multiple operating systems and multiple devices.

JavaFX offers a dramatically shortened production cycle for both Java developers and Web designers and makes it easy to create applications integrating graphics, video, audio, animation and rich text. JavaFX is unique in that it provides a unified development and deployment model for building expressive RIAs across desktop, browser and mobile. In addition, using the new JavaFX mobile emulator, developers can also preview their applications on the forthcoming JavaFX mobile platform, which will be available to Sun's mobile partners in spring 2009.

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Development Tools

With Sun development tools, even new users can create fully virtualized, consolidated environments quickly and accurately. Recompiled with Studio 11, they deliver "out of the box" performance improvements of 30-200% over standard gcc-compiled versions.

Sun development tools include:

• NetBeans
• Sun Studio Development Tools
• Cool Tools: CoolTuner and Cooltst

How Are We Doing?

The Sun Startup Essentials program was launched in the U.S. in November, 2006 and is now available in many countries around the world. We invite you to give us your feedback by telling us what you like, what you don't, what you'd like to see added or changed, etc. Send your feedback to the Sun Startup Essentials Team. We'll definitely listen.

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