Sun continues to

In a move to regain market share that has been won by rivals over the past time, Sun has just announced it will continue to offer many of its other software applications for free.

Specifically, the Java Enterprise System Sun N1 management software and some development tools will be provided free of charge. A year ago, Sun began "giving away" a version of Solaris for Unix users to users.

Although it's free, users still have to pay for services and support for Sun products. This is also the revenue that Sun hopes to revive its financial potential. Sun also hopes that about 3.4 million people who have downloaded Solaris will continue to buy its hardware and storage devices.

In the late 1990s, during the booming ".com" industry, Sun witnessed the rapid development and ingenious business capabilities of Sun - a Silicon Valley-based conglomerate. Then, the volatility of the market, the rise and fall of the IT industry has made the giant regress on the way to compete with other competitors such as AMD, Dell, HP, IBM .