Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 16th Sep 2003 04:53 UTC
Sun Microsystems is introducing its Linux distribution, Sun Linux, a part of the Mad Hatter project, to the general public today. Sun Linux is targeting the Enterprise market and at a very low price. OSNews had a sneak peak at Sun Linux last Friday at Sun's offices and here is what we saw there.
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I personally don't understand why everyone gets all bent out of shape on the fact that Sun hasn't contributed significantly to the linux kernel. To tell you the truth, I don't blame them. Isn't the point of open source to give people and companies a choice. Sun has made a choice not to contribute to increasing the scalability/stability of the linux kernel because it is not in their best interest. That's perfectly acceptable to me. By spreading such technologies as OpenOffice, nfs, Java, etc. Sun has probably done more to ensure that users have a plethora of free choices in the market place(if not completely open source). Sun has also accounted for a disproportionate share of the innovations in the marketplace. Do I agree with everything that they do; no I don't. However, I would much rather have a healthy and successfull Sun who at least considers trying to be a good citizen then deal with the alternative(ie. M$).