IW: So what are your goals for the software group at Sun?

Green: Well, there's two categories really. We have a growing middleware-based solutions business, fromWeb 2.0 to other technologies. And we're focusing a lot of our energy on growing the solutions business significantly in the market. And with the acquisition of our SeeBeyond technology, which is now called Java CAPS (Composite Application Platform Suite), as well as our identity management solutions leading the solutions phase, that's one of the two big areas of activity. The other big area of activity is all around Solaris and Solaris 10. We open-sourced Solaris about a year ago. We've had enormous uptake on Solaris in terms of more than six million licensed downloads, a growing community of developers and contributors, and that whole program is accelerating very nicely, sort of coupled with our entire open source program for all of Sun Software.

IW: Do you see any other areas where you might want to do any acquisitions?

Green: Well, if we do, you'll ultimately find out.

IW: Are there any other areas where you're pondering it?