Whiteboard infinityby Sin-Yaw WangMonetizing OpenSource- May 4, 2008 Questions from netizens lingered on after the IT168 interview, How Sun, pioneer of open source, makes money I shall always remember Solaris 10. It took almost 4 years and thousands of talented engineer. How do we justify the investment if we open source I decided to make this the topic for my talk at China's Partner CTO Summit, featuring distinguished guests such as Hal Stern and Jim Baty. The era of software licensing is over. Now, participation defines community; communities become...http://blogs.sun.com/syw/entry/monetizing_opensource Dear ERI- May 2, 2008 Yes, you will read bad stories from the media. You are probably worrying about the company and its future. That's a good thing that you worry. You may be even worrying about yourself. That's natural. Yes, we lost money and planned to reduce OPEX (that means we may layoff people) for about 100 to 150 millions dollars. That's lots of reduction and it sounds scary. Let me suggest a way to handle this news. Sun Microsystems is in the "knowledge industry." You are very likely a "knowledge...http://blogs.sun.com/syw/entry/dear_eri |