Sun’s OpenOffice.org, Solaris 10 Considered Significant
A special eWEEK report names the products, applications, and technologies of the last decade that have changed the way people work, play, and live. Limiting the list to 25 of the most significant technologies and products, eWeek found OpenOffice.org and the Solaris 10 Operating System to be two important solutions making a mark in the last 10 years.
Interim Release of Sun OpenSSO Enterprise
Sun OpenSSO Express 8 is an interim release of Sun OpenSSO Enterprise. This release allows users to try out new features without having to wait for the next full OpenSSO Enterprise release. OpenSSO Express Build 8 is available with multiple new features, including one-time password capabilities, Fedlet support for .NET applications, MySQL user data store, Entitlements Service, task flow for federation with SalesForce.com, an administration console (beta), plus much more.
Open Source for America to Advocate Broader Support, Participation
Sun is one of more than 70 organizations and individuals that have joined together to form a new coalition called Open Source for America that will promote the use of free and open source software to the U.S. Federal Government. Gartner recently estimated by 2011 more than 25 percent of government vertical, domain-specific applications will either be open source, contain open source application components or be developed as community source.
James Gosling on Java in a Post-Oracle-Sun Acquisition World
James Gosling unburdens himself on several issues involving Java in a wide-ranging interview with eWEEK’s Darryl K. Taft, addressing among other topics Java vs. Google and what’s the outlook for Java in the Oracle business plan.
Short News Items of Interest for SysAdmins
zembly is the world’s first collaborative environment specifically designed for creating social applications.
Through the use of just a browser, zembly allows Facebook apps, OpenSocial apps, Meebo apps, iPhone applications, widgets, Google gadgets and other social Web applications to be collaboratively built and published.
“There is no develop-deploy cycle to speak of, because the code is live, in the same way that wiki content is live and can be immediately edited by merely clicking an ‘edit’ link. If there is a bug in your application, simply click the button and the updated code is immediately live,” writes Sun’s Prakash Narayan, who is a member of the team working on this project.
zembly was launched June 6 for private beta, which means an invitation is required to join. Visit Narayan’s blog to request an invitation.
