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Sun plans to make all its software free

Sun plans to do this to build "communities" around its products and start "commoditizing technology" because "commodity drives perpetual demand". Sun appears to want to have a larger role in software and then leverage the services and hardware markets around that.

Solaris is already out there free, this move will put many other enterprise apps and non enterprise apps alike in the free realm.

Some impressive stuff in the list if it really all goes free:

Sun Java Enterprise System
A radical new way to acquire, deploy and manage infrastructure software. The Java Enterprise System reduces infrastructure software cost and complexity accelerating business application and service deployment.

- Access Manager
- Application Server
- Calendar Server
- Cluster
- Directory Proxy Server
- Directory Server Enterprise Edition
- Identity Manager
- Instant Messaging
- Java Studio Creator
- Java Studio Enterprise
- Message Queue
- Messaging Server
- N1 Service Provisioning System
- Portal Server
- Portal Server Mobile Access
- Portal Server Secure Remote Access
- Web Server

Sun Java Desktop System
An affordable, comprehensive, fully integrated desktop client environment with administration and developer tools that lower business costs, reduce complexities of desktop management and secure information technology.

- StarOffice Office Suite
- Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition

Studio Development Tools
Improve developer productivity with intuitive, easy to use tools and technologies that enable developers to rapidly innovate applications and Web services across multiple platforms and environments.

- Sun Studio
- Java Studio Creator
- Java Studio Enterprise
- Java Studio Standard

Sun N1 Software
A comprehensive suite of products, services, and tools designed to help you manage your data center as if it were a single system.

- N1 System Manager
- N1 Service Provisioning System
- N1 Grid Engine
- N1 Provisioning Server Blades Edition

Operating Systems
Sun delivers the most powerful, open operating systems on the market, running on the most popular, lowest cost hardware platforms available.

- Solaris Operating System
- Trusted Solaris Operating System
- Linux

Sun Java StorEdge Software
A fundamental change in the way storage software is priced, licensed, delivered and serviced. Sun Java StorEdge Software reduces cost and complexity with a single, simple, predictable price which includes software and services.

- Java StorEdge Compliance Suite
- Java StorEdge Consolidation Suite
- Java StorEdge Content Suite
- Java StorEdge Continuity Suite
  http://www.sun.com/software/