Sun Gives Away Java Enterprise System, Other Software.(Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris Enterprise System)

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Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to make its Java Enterprise System, Sun N1 management software, and Sun developer tools available for development and deployment at no cost, while reaffirming its commitment to open-sourcing all this software over time.

The Santa Clara, Calif., company is also integrating all of this software and the Solaris operating system into a new product, known as the Solaris Enterprise System, to give customers an open infrastructure software platform.

The new Solaris Enterprise System will include the open-sourced Solaris 10 operating system, including the PostgreSQL database; the entire Sun Java Enterprise System infrastructure software platform, including the Sun Java Identity Management Suite, Sun Java Integration Suite, Sun Java Communications Suite, Sun Java Application Platform Suite, Sun Java Availability Suite and Sun Java...

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