Re: [cobalt-users] What's this?

[Paul Jacobs <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:37 PM 6/6/2002, you wrote:
> > >Sun ONE is an architecture design concept, where you have pieces and 
> layers
> > >that make up your total content delivery solution. Sun sells pieces to fit
> > >each part of SunONE, but you can also buy parts from other "open" vendors
> > >(hint: the Redmond vendor isn't one of them).  Big pieces of SunONE 
> are the
> > >former iPlanet suite pieces (directory server, web server, app server,
> > >etc).  Check the link from sun.com for more indepth info... (I don't feel
> > >like going on a sales/marketing rant tonight)
> >
> > Was SunONE created to compete directly with Microsoft's Active Directory ?
>
> The concept of SunONE has been around for a while, since before Win2K etc.,
> so it wasn't created in reaction to anything specific from Microsoft, or
> any other vendor.
>
> If you have to compare SunONE to anything from Microsoft, it's more of an
> alternative to .Net than anything else.  AD is just one small component of
> Microsoft's services.  .Net is like SunONE from an architecture standpoint,
> but each block in their diagram is a specific Microsoft product, whereas in
> the SunONE diagram, it's a concept or a service that could come from any
> compliant vendor (use Novell LDAP instead of SunONE Directory Server, for
> example).

But if it comes from SUN it will work better right?

>   While Sun does sell stuff that fits each niche, and we'd love
> you to buy it all from us, the concept is that by thinking about SunONE
> when designing your implementation, you don't lock yourself into any single
> vendor, including Sun, for any single piece of your solution.  And _that's_
> what being "open" is really all about.

Ahh.... no comment........


> I highly recommend reading the Sun website about SunONE if you are really
> interested: http://wwws.sun.com/software/sunone/

Talked to some people at the Vegas networld interop booth..... Still 
deciding if SunONE will be more trouble that it's worth...
Microsoft's .NET is a fully integrated setup (I am beta testing), and WOW, 
microsoft will give you full support on the software for .NET if you use 
only .NET components.

Thanks for the info bruce.

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