Sun Releases Open Source 100% Java PDF Renderer/Viewer
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| The SwingLabs PDF Renderer was originally written in 2003 by researchers at
| Sun Labs for an internal collaboration tool called Sun Labs Meeting Suite. It
| was originally targeted at output from OpenOffice, and so can support most
| OpenOffice PDF exports.
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http://java.sys-con.com/read/475617.htm
Sun is also making peace with an insulted and betrayed group:
Sun, ex-staffers in war of words over OpenDS project changes
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| Sun's chief open source officer said the company restored the original
| governance policy of an open source directory project because the stewards of
| the project made unauthorized changes to it five months before they were
| surprisingly swept up in company-wide layoffs.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1794478499&rid=-50
Also recent:
Ball Releases Opticks To Open Source Community
http://www.satellitetoday.com/satn/features/21741.html
Related:
Sun fires a GPL3 warning shot
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| Ops Center aims at managing all of this, and the first version will only do
| that when it is released on January 8th. More interestingly, the source code
| will be put out on December 10 for those into messing around with low level
| details. To shake things up a lot more, at least some of it, the Common Agent
| Container, will be licensed under the GPL3. Won't that ruffle some feathers.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/04/sun-fires-gpl3-warning-shot
Sun to dangle prize money over open-source efforts
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| Sun Microsystems on Wednesday will release details of a new award program
| meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts,
| according to a post by Sun's open-source officer, Simon Phipps, on his
| corporate blog.
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| "We'll be providing a substantial prize purse and working with the
| communities involved to develop the approach that works best," Phipps wrote.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/120407-sun-to-dangle-prize-money.html
Sun bullied, used threats to gain control of open source project, former owner
says
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| Sun used strong-arm tactics and made threats to the owners of an open-source
| directory project to wrestle away control, according to one of the former
| owners and creators of the project.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/112907-sun-opends.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
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