"Bruno S. Delbono" Bruno.S.Delbono@Mail.AC wrote:
Yesterday, Sun also made their JES/Identity Server stack all free. From a few Sun internal mailing lists that I am subscribed to: ... So, soon one should be able to get not only Sun's Java Messaging Server (which incidently runs beautifully on CentOS ;-)), but also their Directory Server 5.2 with source code (under CDDL, I believe).
Sun isn't standing while Red Hat moves forward.
Be aware that many things are still "Free Beer" and not even MPL-licensed, and there is the Java requirement, but for some integrators (including myself), there are too many advantages to Solaris and Sun technologies in some uses.
Just remember it's _not_ 100% redistributable and open source like anything that comes out of Red Hat, so remember to mitigate any risks in those regard if you still see value.