Sun Sweetens Its Portal Deal: New collaborative functionality and open-source licensing bolster java system Portal Server 7.0

摘要

When Sun released version 7.0 of its Java System Portal Server last December, the company put the spotlight on the product's expansive embrace of "Web 2.0," calling it "the first platform to integrate wikis and other next-generation platforms." With its emphasis on collaboration, the product clearly takes aim at would-be SharePoint adopters, albeit with a Java twist. What's more, Sun announced in May that it would move from closed-source, no-cost licensing to a less-restrictive approach by making its entire services-oriented architecture platform-the portal, Java Studio Creator IDE, BPEL Engine, Java Message System and other elements of the stack-open source.