Sun Java Studio Enterprise and Sun Java Studio Creator developer tools will be retired and Sun is encouraging users to migrate to NetBeans 6.0. No definitive dates have been set for the end of life for these developer tools, although migration programs are in place to help users with the eventual move.
Editors of Supercomputing Online named the Sun Constellation System as one of its Products of the Year for 2007. This Editors' Choice Award looks for technologies that represent outstanding innovation in design, value, and performance as well as ones that change the competitive landscape of the market, whether through innovative features, exceptional value for the price/performance, remarkable ease of use, or a demonstrable boost to users' productivity.
OpenOffice.org is urging users of version 2.3 to download version 2.3.1 due to a security vulnerability in the prior release that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary static Java code when a user opens specially crafted database documents.
OpenEco.org, jointly sponsored by Sun and Natural Logic, is a global on-line community that provides free, easy-to-use tools to help participants assess, track, and compare energy performance, share proven best practices to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and encourage sustainable innovation.
Governments in Japan, Singapore, and Norway have selected Sun to create open, Web 2.0 architectures in order to provide better online government services to its constituents.
SNI Editor-in-Chief/CTO John J. McLaughlin posts items of interest to Sun Users on a
regular basis on the System News for Sun Users blog. A quick recap of John's posts for the last week, include xVM White Paper (Sun Blueprints Online), Presentation Slides and Performance Troubling Shooting with DTrace and cpustat, installing Windows Server 2008 on Sun x64 Servers and a link to Todd Jobson’s blog on Processors and Performance : Chips, MIPS, and Sizing blips
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