On July 16th, Sun recently said in a statement: "The company is taking into account the source code program of its 'Java Enterprise System', but has not yet made formal decisions."
Currently, although Sun is not very willing, the pressure of public Java and other software soft source code faced by the company is getting bigger and bigger. The company has previously stated that it will eventually open its Solaris UNIX operating system, but there is no specific timeline may change.
In fact, Sun also wants to have a degree to draw a relationship with the open source developer. Last month, Sun announced the source code program for Java software to the developers. The "Java Enterprise System" that Sun is considering is a Java server software product.
This product includes Java 2 Enterprise (J2EE) application servers, identity management software, entrance software, and other components.
"Java Enterprise System" is Sun and last year, each user's annual license fee is $ 100. Pricing strategies are extremely important for Sun to win the Java server software market share, the market is currently monopolized by IBM, BEA and Oracle. In fact, Sun is already an advantage in product prices. But analyst Pierre Fricke believes: "Open 'Java Enterprise System" helps to attract more developers, which is just the core issue of application platform disputes. If Sun wants to overcome the competitors such as IBM, you must publicly Source code program. "
Currently, there has been an open source Java application server. For example, the free Java application server program provided by JBoss. In addition, a "Apaci" project called Geronimo is also developed. Moreover, Sun's most basic Java application server program source code can also be found on the market.
