Sun promises prizes to boost open source effort

e5rebel writes: "Sun Microsystems will today (5 December) release details of a new award program meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts, according to a post by Sun's open-source officer, Simon Phipps, on his corporate blog. Are they finally acting on their statements at Java One that open source is Robin Hood in reverse — cash strapped programmers contributing code to rich corporations, or is it an attempt to subvert the open source ethos? http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=6517"