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Welcome, Student Developers
Where can you find hot technologies, open-source communities, and job opportunities? Sun is looking for students who are ready to innovate and create the future.

Sun Microsystems was founded by student developers, and we know that some of the best application development comes from students like you. Sun is committed to helping student developers get started on the right foot. We offer free software, open-source code, tools, and the widely adopted Solaris platform.
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Sun offers many types of entry-level jobs and internships, including the following:
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Training
Sun offers free training to all students:

  • With Sun Student Courses, get real-world training and earn a certificate.

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  • With Sun Academic Initiative (SAI), get access to all types of courses: web scripting, open source, mobile Java development, beginner Java training, operating systems, and much more.
 

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Sun offers discounted certification to all students. Save up to 60% and get free practice exams.


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Open Source

Participate in the open-source community. Share your code, thoughts, and ideas with developers worldwide. It's easy.


Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) lets you develop and deploy applications on desktops and servers, as well as on today's demanding embedded and real-time environments.

The SunSPOT system will help transform the potential of wireless sensors into real-world products. Let your imagination be your guide.

This free and open-source integrated development environment (IDE) runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and the Solaris platform, with lots of plug-ins and tutorials to get you started.

The JavaFX Script programming language speeds development of rich Internet applications. JavaFX Mobile lets you streamline mobile ecosystems with a complete middleware and application stack, built around Java and Linux open-source technologies.

Cutting-edge OpenSolaris source code needs the innovation and involvement of developers like you.

The open-source enterprise-quality GlassFish application server complies with the Java EE 5 platform and offers advanced clustering, centralized administration, and best-in-class performance.

Sun Studio software delivers high performance, optimizing C, C++, and Fortran compilers for the Solaris OS on SPARC, and both Solaris OS and Linux on x86/x64 platforms, including the latest multicore systems.

With JRuby, you get all of the advantages of Ruby plus interoperability with Java platform applications and access to the full range of Java platform functionality.

Project Darkstar simplifies online game development and enables games to scale to thousands of players without a glitch. Its core technologies are freely available under open-source licensing.

OpenOffice.org software is the most widely distributed open-source multiplatform and multilingual productivity suite: word processor, presentation program, spreadsheet, database, and vector drawing tools.

 
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