Sun bets its future on
Sun bets its future on Java - We use Sun hardware and their OS (Solaris) in our production systems. All of our techies agree it’s by far the best system we could be using in production, but there’s not doubt Sun is under assault on all sides when it comes to hardware sales and linux. This well written article theorizes that Sun’s recent entry into the linux market is actually an attempt to create a wider user base, or ‘ecosystem’ for the Java language - interesting read
“For companies like Sun, ecosystems are three-legged stools. One leg is developers, the second is applications, and the third is volume. Remove any one of the legs, and the stool falls over. For a long time, the Solaris/SPARC stool stood on its own three legs, thriving on a vibrant developer community, support for nearly every Unix application, and an enviable volume of server sales. In acknowledging that processors and operating systems are commodities, Sun–or at least Gingell–is conceding that the Solaris/SPARC duo has plateaued, and that it’s time to move on to the Java ecosystem.”