Schwartz piped in a recorded video from Steve Mills, IBM senior VP for its software group, who said it was time for Sun and IBM to iron out their differences for the sake of Java customers. "We've been able to expand our licensing arrangements around Java," Mills said.
In addition, IBM has agreed to port its five major software product lines to run on Sun's Solaris 10 for x86 operating system: WebSphere Application Server and related middleware, WebSphere MQ messaging middleware, Tivoli system-management software, IBM Rational development tools, and the DB2 database system.
The porting of IBM software to Solaris has been prevented in the past by the fact that Sun and IBM are major Unix server competitors. Until now, IBM has shown no interest in making its software run on the Solaris platform. The port is to the version of Solaris that runs on Intel- and AMD-based servers. Both Sun and IBM sell Intel and AMD hardware. "Recently we have seen an increase in customer interest in running Solaris on Intel/AMD platforms," Mills said in a prepared statement.
IBM has had differences with Sun over Sun's control of the Java Community Process, the vendor alliance that makes additions and changes to Java, and in Sun's refusal to submit Java to an international standards organization.
The renewal of the Java license and agreement to move IBM middleware to Solaris doesn't necessarily resolve the two company's differences over the Java Community Process, says Shawn Willett, an analyst with Current Analysis.
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