Sun, Spreading It's Open Source Love

Sun Microsystems woos Linux distros with bundle deals

Sun Microsystems is in talks with two more Linux projects to ensure its open source software and tools are delivered straight into the hands of developers.

The company is speaking to representatives of the Debian and OpenSuSE projects, having already engaged with Ubuntu and Fedora over bundling its software.

The goal is for distros to come with Sun's open source Java Enterprise Edition project Glassfish, the NetBeans development framework, and the Java Standard Edition project OpenJDK.

Sun's strategy is becoming obvious.

If you haven't gotten your latest Ubuntu, click the link on the side bar. 8.04 is great and is going to make strides in placing Linux on the desktop.

Sun Microsystems also released the latest "Indiana RC build" it is available here. Their regular Solaris 10 release build is available here. Indiana can be thought of as the OpenSolaris kernel with the Ubuntu user space. Yeah, I know it's a little confusing, but should clear up soon.