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作者： WSJ
责任编辑： 阚智
来源： 《电脑商情报》
时间： 2005-12-01 00:58
Sun Microsystems Inc., in its latest experiment with new business models, plans to stop charging customers for downloading more of its well-known software.
The computer maker, which a year ago began offering its Solaris operating system for free, said it will now give similar treatment to its Java Enterprise System, a suite of programs that includes an application server for managing Web-based business software. Sun will also give away its Sun N1 Management software and Sun developer tools.
Sun said it plans to integrate the programs with Solaris, and to make all the software available on an "open-source" basis, akin to the Linux operating system.
There's a catch to Sun's largesse, however. Customers who want technical support for its software will have to pay for it. That approach has become common in the open-source community, where free versions of products such as Linux are available but many companies choose to buy technical support from vendors such as Red Hat Inc.
Sun's application server software has long trailed competing products from vendors such as International Business Machines Corp. and BEA Systems Inc.
Sun has been under pressure for years as more users of server systems shift to Linux as well as versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
The computer maker, which a year ago began offering its Solaris operating system for free, said it will now give similar treatment to its Java Enterprise System, a suite of programs that includes an application server for managing Web-based business software. Sun will also give away its Sun N1 Management software and Sun developer tools.
Sun said it plans to integrate the programs with Solaris, and to make all the software available on an "open-source" basis, akin to the Linux operating system.
There's a catch to Sun's largesse, however. Customers who want technical support for its software will have to pay for it. That approach has become common in the open-source community, where free versions of products such as Linux are available but many companies choose to buy technical support from vendors such as Red Hat Inc.
Sun's application server software has long trailed competing products from vendors such as International Business Machines Corp. and BEA Systems Inc.
Sun has been under pressure for years as more users of server systems shift to Linux as well as versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
