Sun Microsystems never ceases to amaze the world. After a fairly disappointing first day at JavaOne, the company on Tuesday spiced things up when it announced the acquisition of SeeBeyond.

Monday saw Sun announcing an open source application server and kick off development of an enterprise service bus (ESB). The news lead senior analyst Ron Schmeltzer, with Zapthink to say that "Sun just doesn’t innovate anymore," calling the products part of a "me too" strategy.

The company also revealed that IBM has renewed its Java licence– that's good news for developers because it guarantees stability within the Java platform, but isn't very exiting news.

The SeeBeyond acquisition, which was rumoured to take place for a long time, however pushed Sun to the forefront of enterprise integration and puts it at direct odds with BEA's Aqualogic.

"SeeBeyond has a good mature integration product. Sun can hit the ground running," principal analyst Shawn Willett with Current Analysis told vnunet.com.

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28 Jun 2005