In addition to today's BusinessWeek story on "Reinventing Sun" (not a lot of new info for those of us who have been playing along.) I came across this post from Jim Laurent outlining Scott McNealy's thoughts on why Sun went open source. It all makes sense...except for the fact that Sun should have embraced Linux or open-sourced Solaris many years ago. 1. Free means low barrier to entry 2. Open source as a resear In addition to today’s BusinessWeek story on “Reinventing Sun” (not a lot of new info for those of us who have been playing along.) I came across this post from Jim Laurent outlining Scott McNealy’s thoughts on why Sun went open source. It all makes sense…except for the fact that Sun should have embraced Linux or open-sourced Solaris many years ago. 1. Free means low barrier to entry 2. Open source as a research and development multiplier 3. Security 4. Partnering and proliferation of our technology 5. Low barriers to exit Nonetheless, Sun’s efforts have been very impressive. We have JS lined up for one of our Open Season podcasts later this year. When the time comes we’ll solicit questions from the peanut gallery. Open Source