A Productivity Suite in the Sky
Sun has announced that Singapore Airlines will be rolling out StarOffice productivity software for passenger use in its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
Sun has announced that Singapore Airlines will be rolling out StarOffice productivity software for passenger use in its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.
According to this article from The Register, Sun will unveil its new UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara) and Xeon-based blades server at an event in Washington D.C. in June. This is another aggressive attempt by Sun to penetrate the blade server market.
An exclusive interview from CNET News.com, regarding Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, detailing his progress at Sun after one year as CEO.
According to this News.Com article, Sun’s open-source hardware effort is paying-off. Two companies, Simply RISC and Polaris Micro, are working on variations of the OpenSparc S1. Additionally, Sun has released a version of OpenSparc that runs on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chips.
This NEWS.COM article gives some background on Sun’s “Project Indiana”, an effort led by Ian Murdock, Sun’s new Chief Operating Systems Officer and founder of the Debian distribution of Linux. The goal of the project is to add Linux-like features to Solaris in order to aid user transition and interoperability.
At this week’s JavaOne conference, Sun has made a number of announcements:
The OpenJDK project is a fully-buildable Java Development Kit released under the GPL v2, compatible with the Java SE 6 specification
JavaFX Script is a scripting language for creating rich content and applications that run on Java-powered devices.
Also announced is a collaboration with Ericsson on a communications applications server to be released under an open-source license as part of Project SailFin.
Sun announces a new scripting language targeted at the mobile devices market. Below is a summary of Sun’s press release, for the entire press release click here.
A new scripting language, JavaFX Script gives Java developers the power to quickly create content-rich applications for the widest variety of clients, including mobile devices, set-top boxes, desktops, even Blu-ray discs. Content creators now have a simple way to develop content for any Java Powered consumer device.
* JavaFX Script offers a close integration with other Java components (applications and infrastructure) running on server and client platforms, enabling a rich end-to-end experience for developers and users.
* JavaFX Script takes advantage of the Java security model so consumers can securely access assets (e.g., pictures, music files, word documents) on their desktop.
The Register has an article detailing Sun’s ambitious plan to interconnect processors. Ivan Sutherland, Sun’s researcher, has developed a way to link processors directly and remove wiring between the chips. For the full article, click here.
According to this blog post, Sun engineering will be assisting with the Mac/Aqua-native port of OpenOffice to OS X.
Sun has booted Solaris on its forthcoming “Rock” processor.