... h1. How you can participate
* Join a direct conversation with Sun employees through their [blog comments|http://blogs.sun.com].
* Find out which commonalities you share with others and discuss them on [forums|http://forums.sun.com].
* Read, comment, and collaboratively create content via the [wiki|http://wikis.sun.com].
* Tell the world what you think about a Sun product through [product ratings|http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra40/customer-reviews.xml]
* Attend a Sun event in [Second Life|http://secondlife.com] at the [Sun Pavilion|http://tinyurl.com/m338r]
* Join a community
** [OpenSolaris Communities|http://opensolaris.org/os/communities/#portal]
** [Java.net|http://java.net]
** [OpenOffice.org Community|http://www.sun.com/software/star/openoffice/index.xml]
** [Jini Community|http://www.sun.com/software/jini/community/]
** [High Performance Computing (HPC) Community|http://hpc.sun.com]
** [GlassFish|http://glassfish.org]
* [BigAdmin|http://www.bigadmin.com] for system administrators and IT managers:
** [website|http://www.bigadmin.com] \- Read, subscribe to RSS feeds, and publish content
** [wiki|http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin] \- Write, comment on, and tag content
** [blog|http://blogs.sun.com/BigAdmin] \- Read and comment
** [Sysadmin at Tech Days blog|http://blogs.sun.com/satechdays] \- Find out about sysadmin topics at Tech Days
** [Subscription|http://www.sun.com/rss/?t=3] \- Latest content by RSS feeds or monthly [newsletter|http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/newsletter/]
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h5. Success Stories: Sun and Social Networking
* [This blog entry|http://blogs.sun.com/ThinGuy/entry/pc%27s_killing_health_care%3F] by Thin Guy helped us win a deal against a competitor
* Jonathan, our CEO, blogged about his request to the SEC to modify an SEC regulation to enable the use of the web (blogs, websites, etc.) for companies to release information to investors & the market that is required to be conveyed via a press release or conference call. [The SEC Chairman posted a promising reply in the comments on Jonathan's blog|http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/sunlight_on_a_cloudy_day...#comments].
* [One of the reasons SmugMug chose Sun was because our CEO blogs|http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/02/07/server-analysis-sun-victory/]
* [Sun shared its blogging experiences with members of the United Nations and their Youth Delegates in preparation for the UN Youth Summit|http://blogs.sun.com/c2/entry/c2_bloggers_help_out_with]
* [Sun Forums provide quick resolution to common problems|ClamageStory1]
* A person researching the topic "Core Identity," read my [post on the subject|http://blogs.sun.com/identity/entry/identity_map_core_identity] from way back in November, 2005, and invited me to represent Sun on an [innovative initiative|http://blogs.sun.com/identity/entry/identity_driving_the_future] associated with the MIT Media Lab. |
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h5. Links to Articles about Sun and Social Networking
[Social Networking Helps Sell Servers, But Sun Focuses on Virtualisation|http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,news,22676,p,0.html]
[Blogging for favorability|http://www.webguild.org/2007/10/blogging-for-favorability.html]
[Sun Social Media Primer|http://wikis.sun.com/display/socialmedia/SLS+Social+Media+Primer] (feel free to add your own thoughts and resources here)
[7 effective wiki uses and the companies that benefit from them|http://www.ikiw.org/2008/01/08/7-effective-wiki-uses-and-the-companies-that-benefit-from-them/]
[Sun Blogs 3rd Anniversary Success Stories|http://blogs.sun.com/main/tags/bsc3years]
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