If anyone could explain the economic virtues of open source to the business and finance leaders of the U.S., writes Chris Preimesberger for eWeek, that person is Jonathan Schwartz, who did exactly that before the audience at the recent Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research summit. Preimesberger reports that Schwartz used the experience of an African banker to explain why giving away product is the pathway to profit.
As one of the fastest growing business units at Sun, Sun Federal has about 800 employees and has a president and COO with 28 years of experience in the federal government and commercial industry. Bill Vass recently spoke to Lisa Singh with ExecutiveBiz and touched on some of the latest goings-on in this division.
The Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format battle officially ended February 19 when Toshiba declared it would no longer make or market HD DVD players and recorders. Sun's Chief Digital Media Officer for the Client Software Group Bill Sheppard says the win was not only about vendor support, where the majority of the consumer electronics and movie industries were backing Blu-ray, but also technical capabilities.
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