[ug-bosug] The Challenge of Open Source Software - Interview with Simon Phipps

[Venky]

Hi Sriram,

Thanks!

> Here's an interview with Sun's Chief Open Source Officer:
> 
> http://www.sun.com/emrkt/innercircle/newsletter/0906feature.html
> 
> I learnt from this interview that Sun is very very seriously
> investigating how to open source _all_ of their code !
> 
> This is a monumental task, IMO. For starters I can think of the following :
> 1. investigate code
> - that may be licensed from others
> - to which the license may not be available
> - owned along with other companies
> - which may directly affect several business divisions.
> 
> 2. What do you do with all those developers ?
> - Do they work on the open source version ?
> - Sun pays the developers while the world benefits from that work.
> 
> 3. Selling services
> - Sun is developing the code, and competes with other service
> providers for the service market.

Exactly!  Unfortunately, a lot of people do not understand how
difficult open-sourcing any significant piece of code is.  It took
a dedicated team a whole year before Solaris code could be
open-sourced.

> I think, if planned well, this could be as good an offering like IBM
> does in the Eclipse eco system.
> 
> Best of luck, Sun, and I hope you folks do well !

Thanks!  And it benefits not only Sun but also the entire
open-source community.

Appreciate the vote of confidence!

Regards,
Venky.
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