"When Sun Microsystems Inc. rolls out the latest overhaul of its flagship software for running computer networks today, executives are likely to tout enhancements such as diagnostic tools that increase productivity by a third.
"But the big eyebrow raiser of Solaris 10 will be its price: Free," says The LA Times.
"The dramatic discount — previous versions of Solaris sold for hundreds or thousands of dollars — is a response to the growing threat that free and open-source software such as Linux poses to traditional software companies including Sun and Microsoft Corp. It's also the center of Sun's strategy to regain at least some of its former shine."
Comment: Sun has a count-up page . . .
