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Simon Phipps amazed Google dancing around Java compatibility

Simon Phipps amazed Google dancing around Java compatibilityfor embedded devices compatibility makes no senseAn embeded device has to trim all the fat and the unused code that does more harm to performance.Sun should have known that open sourcing means customization and their cries are stunning given the fact that you'll...

Tags: Programming languages, Google Inc., Java compatibility, Java, Simon Phipps

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

IBM's Sutor, Sun's Phipps give lukewarm reception to Microsoft patent covenants

In yesterday's post regarding Microsoft's remarkable step in the right direction (with regards to its issuance of some patent non-assertion covenants), I mentioned that silence on behalf of the normally quick-to-respond-to-such-news Bob Sutor (IBM's open source and standards veep) and Simon Phipps (Sun's chief open source officer) might have been...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Simon Phipps

Blog posts 2006-09-14

Simon Phipps gets it right (finally)

Simon Phipps gets it right finallylies, lies and more damned liesall SUN does is say we will open source Java soon but in reality I havent seen anything from them. I think its time SUN stop telling lies and do it now. I have lost faith in...

Tags: Simon Phipps, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-07-06

Simon Phipps gets it right (finally)

At EclipseCon 2004, Sun's Simon Phipps gave a keynote address before a tense audience on the virtues of open source. This was before NetBeans was re-invigorated, when there was talk of Sun joining Eclipse and teaming up on IDE development. The message...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Eclipse, Simon Phipps, open source

Blog posts 2006-07-05

Phipps explains what he really meant

Simon Phipps of Sun wrote today not only to complain about what we called a "scarecrow" argument but to explain what he really meant. "It was a version of Benkler's argument, that as we align our individual motivations we are able to collectively achieve what only 'the firm form' was...

Tags: Simon Phipps

Blog posts 2006-06-30

Sun's Phipps makes a scarecrow argument

Those who recall my recent piece on Richard Stallman will nod when they read this. UPDATE: Phipps says he was misunderstood by the reporter who wrote this. Simon Phipps, a Sun executive, told a conference in London that people need to stop thinking of open source as "free" and start...

Tags: Simon Phipps

Blog posts 2006-06-28

More chatter on Massachusetts' OpenDoc plan

David Coursey at eWeek wrote a Microsoft-friendly response to Massachusetts' decision to standardize on the OpenDoc format. And the response to his response has been both sympathetic and bewildered. The gist of Coursey's argument is this: "I am not sure what the...

Tags: Simon Phipps, David Coursey, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-09-12

License stand-down begins

The Sun set on SISSL, the Sun Industry Standards Source License. Hopefully this is just the first announcement of many. For any commercial open source definition to work, we need some rational licensing, licensing you don't need a lawyer to figure out. I wrote about this back in March, after...

Tags: SISSL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-06

For non-proliferation's sake, Sun asks OSI to retire older open source license

There's a bit of news on the the open source license non-proliferation front. Proliferation of incompatible open source licenses has balkanized the open source software community to a point that code isn't nearly as freely shareable as some people perceive it to be. As one of his...

Tags: Simon Phipps, open source

Blog posts 2005-09-02

Clearing the air on IBM Workplace-OpenOffice.org connection

Yesterday's blog entry by Joe Brockmeier about why he found the comments reported to have been made by Sun officials to be petty politics has drawn a response from Sun's Simon Phipps as well as a clarification to a blog I wrote on the issue from Open Source...

Tags: IBM Corp., OpenOffice.org, Simon Phipps

Blog posts 2005-04-27

Inside the OpenSolaris Community Advisory Board

The OpenSolaris Community Advisory Board CAB was announced this week, which will play a key role in how Sun's unleashed Linux competitor evolves in the market of free software. The five member CAB includes two members from Sun--Simon Phipps, chief technology evangelist, and Caspar Dik, a senior staff engineer. Two members--Rich...

Tags: Podcasts, OPEN SOURCE, Digital music, Java, Digital media, Roy Fielding, Sun Microsystems Inc., CAB, Simon Phipps, OpenSolaris

Blog posts 2005-04-07

Additional Resources

Open source actively lobbies for a piece of the federal pie

In addition to Sun Chief Open Source Officer Simon Phipps and Federal Systems president William Vass, whose links are acknowledged, the board also has three Sun Federal board members -- former DISA CTO Dawn Meyerriecks, former DoD deputy CIO Marv Langston, and Arthur Money, who also sits on the board...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Board, Corporate Governance, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Are any open source projects too big to lose

Are any open source projects too big to loseAn enemy of an enemy...It seems clear that these "crown jewels" are continuing sources of vexation to MS. So why would MS arch-enemy Oracle do anything to reduce this effect?On the other hand, might MS counter-move by buying some open source...

Tags: OpenOffice, Databases, UNIX, Oracle Corp., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source project, MySQL, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Intel: The bottom is in for PC demand Larry Dignan: eBay: We're spinning Skype off in an...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, IPO, Web 2.0, Hardware, Financial Services, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-15

Simon Phipps amazed Google dancing around Java compatibility

It's no longer a question of whether Google's actions weaken Sun. They seem to me to weaken Java. At the end of the day the code means more than its creator. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Google Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-14

GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky

GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Your best work for a chance at cash and prizes

The headline above is incredibly snarky. I apologize for it. But there's a serious point to be made concerning Simon Phipps' announcement of a multi-year program of cash and prizes aimed at spurring open source development around Sun-run projects. That point being your motivation....

Tags: India, Phipps, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Is Sun still a bully?

It takes sharp elbows to succeed in business. Open source is not supposed to be about sharp elbows. Sun Microsystems, despite its embrace of open source as a concept, has retained its sharp elbows. This is most especially true with regard to Java. Sun...

Tags: Elbow, Sun Microsystems Inc., Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-02

Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?

Sun's "open source road map" is to make OpenSolaris a viable alternative to enterprise Linux through a simpler install package and alliances in the enterprise open source space. The featured speaker for yesterday's open source summit at the Santa Clara headquarters was Debian founder Ian Murdock, who joined...

Tags: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Idea, PostgreSQL, Murdock, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-16

OpenOffice won't fork -- for now

In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork â€" at least for now. That's the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless...

Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Fork, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-12