Sun Microsystems is giving students and professors a free ride. The company announced on Monday that it would no longer charge them for nearly 100 software products, including programming tools.

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The server giant doesn't plan to bundle its Solaris operating system with iPlanet e-commerce software, said Anil Gadre, vice president for the Solaris unit. Sun Microsystems doesn't plan to bundle its ...