CollabNet Provides SourceCast Collaborative Development Environment for Sun Microsystems' JXTA Community.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BRISBANE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2001 Sun Turns to CollabNet To Help Create Its Third Open Source Developer Environment CollabNet(TM), a leading provider of collaborative software This is a list of collaborative software (or list of groupware) applications. Wiki software is on a list of wiki software. Open source or free software The following are open source or free software applications. development solutions based on open source concepts, today announced that Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. has selected CollabNet to provide the infrastructure for jxta.org, the open source community site for its JXTA technology. CollabNet is providing Sun with its SourceCast(TM) hosted development platform, and consulting services to help Sun to establish jxta.org as an important open source community. The CollabNet SourceCast platform is comprised of tools that have been created to enable global, collaborative software development projects. In addition to the hosted development environment, CollabNet is providing consulting services to Sun to manage the jxta.org site and to help the Project JXTA team to work closely with the open source community. jxta.org hosts the source code and open source co-development project for Sun's Project JXTA. The source code and specifications are posted under an Apache-Style Software License; modified only to reflect the JXTA technology name. (See related release titled: SUN UNVEILS PROJECT JXTA) "For the jxta.org Web site, CollabNet is providing us with the scalable infrastructure and services that are critical to building a new open source community around JXTA technology," said Mike Clary clary: see sage. , vice president of Sun's Project Juxtapose jux·ta·pose tr.v. jux·ta·posed, jux·ta·pos·ing, jux·ta·pos·es To place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. . "We feel confident that jxta.org will be a successful and beneficial addition to the open source community." The jxta.org community site is another example of an Open Source Network that CollabNet is developing for Sun. Open Source Networks allow a company to open a new or existing application to the open source developer community and invite any interested party to enhance or extend the application. By creating an Open Source Network, a company can accelerate product development and innovation by getting the widest community of developers working on the project. "CollabNet is truly excited to be working on its third open source network for Sun Microsystems," said Brian Behlendorf Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the , co-founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of CollabNet. "Through our work on netbeans.org and OpenOffice.org CollabNet has helped Sun to establish vibrant open source communities around its technologies. The decision to open source Project JXTA shows that Sun is continuing to expand its commitment to open source and collaborative software development." About Project JXTA Project JXTA is a research project incubated at Sun Microsystems under the guidance of Bill Joy and Mike Clary. Its goal is to explore a vision of distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. using peer-to-peer (P2P See peer-to-peer and point-to-point. ) style topology, and to develop common building blocks and services that enable developers to create innovative applications. About SourceCast The CollabNet SourceCast platform provides a comprehensive development environment that enables geographically dispersed groups of developers to collaborate on software projects. SourceCast is a Web-based environment that includes tools for revision control Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. , issue tracking, mailing list An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new creation and management, Web-based administration, custom branding, and content. In addition, SourceCast provides the flexibility and security needed to support both proprietary and open source software development projects. About CollabNet CollabNet provides companies with solutions for collaborative software development by combining open source community expertise with business excellence. CollabNet offers customers a comprehensive Web-based development environment, and a suite of consulting services to facilitate software development across a worldwide community. CollabNet is currently working with customers ranging from hardware and software providers to companies from industries such as finance, wireless and healthcare. Brian Behlendorf, co-founder of the Apache Software Foundation (open source, body) Apache Software Foundation - (ASF) An umbrella consortium that manages the development of the Apache web server, dozens of XML- and Java-based projects (under the name Jakarta), the Ant build tool, the Geronimo J2EE server, the SpamAssassin anti-SPAM tool, and , founded CollabNet in July 1999. For more information, see http://www.collab.net. Note to Editors: CollabNet and SourceCast are trademarks of Collab.Net, Inc. 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