Sun Products and Software
I have become of the opinion that Sun Microsystems is an AWESOME company with AWESOME products. So what’s the problem? CONVOLUTION!
They have a ton of technologies, a ton of software, and a ton of great products with a ton of really creative names. This gets confusing! Making your way through their marketing talk up on each of their products/technologies and actually figuring out what they are, what they do, and how they work is a chore to say the least. I am of the belief that they are limiting their customer base because of this.
Quick example. A few weeks ago I finally decided to look into GlassFish. Sure there’s plenty of information for people who are already very familiar with Sun offerings and Java. However I am a PHP/MySQL kind of guy. I haven’t programmed in Java since my sophomore year of college! I want to know how to use GlassFish to help me achieve my goals without reading through 100 pages of white papers and sifting through marketing balony. Eventually I got the gist of it but I was very dedicated to sifting through the information and reading documentation. Most developers in my position would have said, “Screw it. I’ll stay with what I have.”, several days ago.
The same can be said for many of Sun’s products. Which is a tragedy because after reviewing a lot of their products I can see that they have a ton to offer the IT world.
Wake up SUN! Show the world what you have!