Competitive pressure from open-source software is threatening to redraw the Java application server landscape, just as it has shaken up the operating systems realm. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

A Sun executive said Tuesday said the company is “months” away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license. Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer for Sun, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive ...

"At this point, it's not a question of whether. It's a question of how," said Rich Green, Sun's recently returned software chief, in an opening keynote address at the JavaOne conference in San ...