Sun Microsystems will introduce a flat-fee licensing model with the launch of new enterprise software products, with Telstra expected to be its first customer.
The maturity of open-source software tools and services has created a groundswell of Linux users in corporate Australia, a senior Gartner analyst said.
Sun Microsystems has offered a glimpse of their Australian development partner arrangements to delegates at one of country's top Linux events where open-source gurus faced questions from software developers.
Sun Microsystems has opened a test facility dedicated to its open source alternatives to Microsoft's office productivity software set ramping up its attempt to loosen the software titan's grip on the enterprise desktop.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
Sun Microsystems will introduce a flat-fee licensing model with the launch of new enterprise software products, with Telstra expected to be its first customer.
The maturity of open-source software tools and services has created a groundswell of Linux users in corporate Australia, a senior Gartner analyst said.
commentary Scott McNealy has taken the bull by the horns and announced two software bundles aimed at Microsoft's desktop market and IBM's middleware customers.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
Sun Microsystems announced a deal to use SuSE's version of Linux on its servers last week, but a Sun executive now says the partnership encompasses desktop computers as well.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
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