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Today's IT solutions must reduce complexity and cost; improve manageability; and be available, scalable and secure. Sun makes the grade with a selection of x86 offerings - and flexible options such as subscription-based pricing:
- $50/desktop for Java Desktop System
- $100/user for Java Enterprise System
- $.33/citizen for federal, state, and local governments
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| Superior Products |
Sun's best and most exciting products are now available for Linux:
- StarOffice 7 Office Suite is the world's leading office productivity suite on Linux and the Solaris OS
- The Sun Java Desktop System is an affordable, comprehensive, easy-to-use, and secure desktop
- Sun Java Creator delivers the first 100% Java visual development tool
Sun Ray Server is a secure and stateless thin client
- Control Station - Sun Control Station can deploy, monitor and update large numbers of Linux servers and Sun Java Desktop environments
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| Compatibility |
- Sun's range of x86 hardware has been certified ascompatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.
- Solaris development has a long history of building in common APIs, commands, tools, libraries and utilities.
Coming Soon!: A new service expected in Solaris 10, codenamed "Project Janus" allows customers to run x86 Linux applications (binaries) on Solaris x86 unchanged without recompiling.
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| Commitment |
Sun's continues its commitment to the open source community:
- Sun recently announced open sourcing of Project Looking Glass, which explores a richer user experience for Linux desktops and applications via 3D windowing and visualization capabilities.
- Sun is the largest commercial contributor to the open source community, the second biggest overall after University of California, Berkeley.
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Community |
Linux and Java communities are cross-pollinating exciting and innovative ideas:
- Linux community on java.net for Linux developers.
- java.com has catalogs of Java applications for Linux
- Open source JXTA technology allows Linux developers to create peer-to-peer applications in Java or C languages.
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| Developers |
Sun's developer tools provide the ideal environment for developing new applications and integrating new capabilities into existing Linux services.
- Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7
- Sun Java Studio Creator - new visual development tool
- Sun Studio 9: native development tools
- Net Beans IDE 4.0
- N1 Grid Tool Kit
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