The combination of the open sourcing of our technology and the direction of the open source camp are really all directed to attracting people at the earliest stages of development," said Rich Green, executive vice president of software at Sun. "We are a much more diverse company now. So those organizations trying to create the next great thing can talk to Sun about solving the next technical problem.
Sun Microsystems the company that said it was the dot in dot-com during the tech boom of the late '90s, is trying to woo the startup community a second time around.
However, this time, it has free software and cheaper computer servers to appeal to the more cost-conscious Web 2.0 companies.
As part of that ongoing push, the Santa Clara, Calif., developer of computers and software hosted a conference Monday, called "CommunityOne," one day before its JavaOne developer conference. At both conferences in San Francisco this week, Sun touted its wide-reaching embrace of open source Open Source Hosting Solutions with 24x7x365 Support – Visit HostMySite.com Latest News about open source software, the free software developed and improved upon by a community of far-flung programmers around the world. The current wave of penny-pinching startups are also big proponents of open source software.
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