Sun steals page from Microsoft's playbook

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Sun Microsystems this week will take the covers off its long-hyped Project Orion and Project Mad Hatter at the SunNetwork conference in San Francisco. To strengthen its position as a serious enterprise software player, the company is counting on a tightly integrated software set that leverages its Solaris OS at bargain-basement prices. Ironically, this approach seems to take a page from Sun’s nemesis, Microsoft. “When you look at Orion, it’s very analogous to what Microsoft has been saying over the years,” said Stephen O’Grady, an analyst at RedMonk.

The Sun ONE Application server comprises the heart of Orion. Additional Orion components include a directory server, identity server, portal server, calendar server, messaging servers, and Sun Cluster software. Customers will have to wait, however, for more advanced offerings such as a high-availability application server, mobile access products, grid computing, and and peer-to-peer software, said Ingrid Van Den Hoogen, senior director of Java and strategic software marketing at Sun. These products will join the estimated 100 components Sun expects to add to its enterprise software stack in the future. Customers will also have to wait to hear Sun’s application development story. According to Sun, the company will not be releasing its Java development tool, Project Rave, at the conference.

News source: InfoWorld

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#1 Mav Phoenix on 14 Sep 2003 - 20:37

#2 FalseLogic on 14 Sep 2003 - 21:34

What exactly are they doing that's like Microsoft? Are they integrating their software components into the OS or something??

(1 reply) #3 Phil Gates on 15 Sep 2003 - 00:53

Sun has decided to release a console called Xbox 2 as well, and are developing a revolutionary OS codenamed Longhorn.

#3.1 FalseLogic on 15 Sep 2003 - 01:54

If SUN is developing a game console I hope it has has more than 8-bit color and costs less than $5000.

(1 reply) #4 Suddenly_Dead on 15 Sep 2003 - 02:25

What exactly are Orion and Mad Hatter?

#4.1 Zatko55 on 15 Sep 2003 - 04:01

Mad Hatter is a project name to a new secure desktop for Linux and Solaris. It's a desktop that was built with security from the start and will be offered at prices much lower than a comparable Windows and Office stack. Orion is explained in the article. It's a stack of enterprise software.

mad hatter

(3 replies) #5 Phil Gates on 15 Sep 2003 - 03:06

if you don't give a crap about Sun microsystems say "I"

I!!!!!!!!!!

#5.1 slapnuts_ox on 15 Sep 2003 - 05:22

if your infavor of a monolopy make yourself look like an idiot.....congrads great job.

#5.2 Danrarbc641 on 15 Sep 2003 - 05:50

Monopolies aren't illegal.

Using illegal techniques to create that monopoly is another matter, but the monopoly itself is never illegal. Ask Sony.

Not mention this site's name is Neowin

#5.3 Zatko55 on 15 Sep 2003 - 11:55

Monopolies are illegal in the United States. Sherman anti-trust act. Only legal monopolies are goverment regulated, like utility companies. Monopolies go against the ideology of capitalism and a fair marketplace.

#6 Phil Gates on 16 Sep 2003 - 04:12

actually, every company sucks compared to Microsoft. I respect them 100%. Everyone had their chance, and Microsoft came on top. Sun, go cry about it.

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