Sun creates open-source office

Vikingod · Aug 19, 2005, 05:40 PM

Sun Microsystems Inc. has created a new office to coordinate its open-source projects and appointed longtime technology evangelist Simon Phipps to oversee the effort.

Phipps' new role as chief open-source officer will be a familiar one, since he's been performing the duties of that job for about two years at Sun, he said yesterday.

But this is the first time Sun has had an executive in charge of all of its open-source projects, mainly because Sun has never viewed open-source as being in a single silo, but rather has seen it as part of the fabric of the company, he said.
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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Sun creates open-source office Sun Microsystems Inc. has created a new office to coordinate its open-source projects and appointed longtime technology evangelist Simon Phipps to oversee the effort. Phipps' new role as chief open-source officer will be a familiar one, since he's been performing the duties of that job for about two years at Sun, he said yesterday. But this is the first time Sun has had an executive in charge of all of its open-source projects, mainly because Sun has never viewed open-source as being in a single silo, but rather has seen it as part of the fabric of the company, he said. __________ Read More/Source: Computerworld