News about Solaris and Sun Microsystems

System News posts items of interest for Sun users on a regular basis on the System News For Sun Users blog. Some of those items will become detailed articles in this newsletter. Here's a quick recap of posts for the last week:

Developers Offered Free Hosting on OpenSocial Platform

Developers creating applications on the OpenSocial platform can receive free hosting on Sun servers through Joyent. Sun and Joyent have partnered to make this offer available through Joyent's Free Accelerator program. Read more.

New Releases Freely Available to Download

Important new releases now available: OpenSolaris 2008.05, NetBeans 6.1 and and Early Access for PHP, VirtualBox 1.6, GlassFish Version 3 Technology Preview 2 and Dirtracer v 6.0.6. Read more.

OpenSolaris dot Org and dot Com

There is a new splash page for the http://opensolaris.org site The OpenSolaris.com side has a link to the new OpenSolaris.com site and the OpenSolaris 2008.05 CD image. To quote Glynn Foster, Product Manager for Project Indiana: OpenSolaris 2008.05 is the first official release in a new binary distribution based on the OpenSolaris operating system. Read more.

Sun Third Party System Management Integrations

The Sun Third Party System Management Integrations are designed to help customers with complex, heterogeneous environments address common issues of integration, functionality and support. To better understand the Sun Third Party System Management Integrations initiative, a feature article on the Sun BigAdmin Website has been published and it addresses the following... Read more.

Does the Solaris OS Really Cost Less Than Linux

So you still think Linux is less expensive than the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS)? Even for web infrastructure? Well, Sun's Robin Goldfarb has a few basic points she'd like you to consider. Read more.

Neil Young to Help Open JavaOne Conference

Music legend and pioneer Neil Young will be joining Sun executives during the JavaOne opening keynote session on May 6 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Young and Sun are expected to make an announcement during the event, and provide a special demonstration of a new multi-media music project. Read more.

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