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Technology Stocks : All About Sun Microsystems
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To: JDN who wrote (14571)3/2/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: Mephisto   of 64865
 
Hi JDN, I think SUNW is doing the right thing.

"The idea is to put state-of-the-art technology in the hands of the
innovators of the world, in a business model that allows them to quickly innovate without a lot of cumbersome legal and financial details," said Marge Breya, Sun's vice president of marketing and business development for Microelectronics. Under this new model, "there can be very fast, rapid innovation" in chip design, she said."

JDN,Sun has watched the use of Linux grow. Linux is free, as you know. And, as the article pointed out many academics and start-up companies could not afford start-up fees up-front.

Once the developers have a product they will pay SUNW for a licensing fee.

"Developers who license the technology will be free to modify Sun's designs and to incorporate them into more complicated chip designs. Companies that sell products based on the designs ultimately will face licensing fees, but only when they move to commercial production."
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