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Giuseppe FacchettiEMEA Technology OfficeVision Network Program ManagerSun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun in the Open Source Community● Bill Joy: ““Innovation Will Occur --Innovation Will Occur --

It will occur in many placesIt will occur in many places””● Linux and 27+ projects worldwide

– Brazil, Interoperability Prototype for Liberty, Java Reliable Multicast Service, NetBeans

– Grid Computing– Project JXTA– OpenOffice– Abicheck, Ant, Batik, Crimson, FreeTTS, Gcold, GNUlpr,

Gnome, Java Make Tool, Mozilla, PDM Primes, TomCat, WBEM, Xalan, ...

● Member of the Free Standards Group, Open Source Develop't Lab, Li18nux, ...

What are Open Systems?``We use state-of-the-art building

blocks for both hardware and software. Our open systems philosophy enables easy integration of third party products to enhance and extend the system’s capabilities.´´

Characteristics of Open Systems

● Defined and published Application Programming Interfaces (API‘s)

● Features and functions are published

● Functional interfaces are published and commonly accepted

● Modules can cooperate: interoperability

● Modules can be exchanged: integrateability

Why Open SourceShared innovation

Between developers at Sun and developers everywhere

Customer and partner benefitsControl of features, schedules, balance between stability and feature richness

Quality and securityThousands of eyes looking at the source

Shared software literatureTeaching and advancing good software principles and practices

Open Source philosophyCooperative model: “Improving mankind, and having fun while we're at it”

Is „Free“ Really Free?

Is a free puppy that your children bring home really free of charges?free of charges?

It is wise to consider the total costs (TCO)

The spirit of Free SoftwareFree not as in free of chargeRather, free as in freedom of choice

Sun Family of Products

● Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server

● X86 servers and clients● Intel and AMD, 32-bit and 64-bit● Linux and Solaris compatibility● Java and the Java Enterprise System● N1 Grid suite for the Data Center● Sun Services● and...

JDS: Open Source Desktop● Linux

– Operating Environment

● GNOME desktop– Desktop Applications

● StarOffice – Personal productivity

● Mozilla– Browser

● Ximian Evolution– Calendar

Un Valido Modello per la P.A.● L'Open Source favorisce l'innovazione e crea

alternative all'offerta proprietaria● Favorisce la diffusione di cultura informatica

– Gratuitamente e a tutti i livelli

● Permette lo sviluppo di creativita' locale– abbassa la soglia d'ingresso– permette la nascita di prodotti e servizi locali

● Utenti e partner possono customizzare● Tutti possono partecipare

– ...e salire sulle spalle dei giganti

● Choice, Innovation and ValueChoice, Innovation and Value

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Thank you!

Giuseppe Facchettigiuseppe.facchetti @ sun.com