Why open source ?

In Sun's view, open source is the ideal development and business model for today's massively connected, Participation Age economy. The open source model offers liberties to every user and developer that encourage genuinely collaborative innovation.

Open source software can lower customer barriers to: access, switching costs, and greater value achieved in an environment that allows for increased participation and competition. Companies gain compensation for their innovations by building on the contributions of others. In a first move towards open sourcing the Sun software portfolio, Sun has announced a no cost offering of its server side software.

Sun's software subscription model

Sun Software Subscription service plans cover enterprises running Sun Software on your choice of platform, including Sun SPARC and Sun or third-party x64/x86 hardware. They feature simple, per-system pricing based on the number of processor sockets in each system or enterprise wide pricing. Sun offers subscriptions at Basic, Standard, and Premium to provide flexible levels of support for your deployments.

Sun Software Subscription service plans enable businesses to develop new applications with no upfront cost. When migrating to production with new systems, software subscriptions enable enterprises to ensure their deployment is fully supported with Sun's superior support.

Getting supported software subscriptions

Remora is a Principal Sun Microsystems Business Partner and specialises in providing support and advise to businesses on Sun's complete software subscription offering.

For further information or advise on Sun Software Subscriptions please contact a Solutions Executive on 1800 736 672.