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 ...

May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week’s JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems’ long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language ...

SAN FRANCISCO — If pressed to vote yea or nay, James Gosling said this week at the JavaOne conference here that he would cast his ballot in favor of making core pieces of Java open-source, even though ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. launched a portal site for its Java programming language today as it inches closer to making the Java code open-source, a company executive said. The Web site details the company ...

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 ...

The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...

Sun Microsystems President and COO Jonathan Schwartz discussed partner opportunities around open-source technology, Web services, service-oriented architectures (SOAs) and Java Business Integration ...

Azul has acquired Payara, adding a Jakarta EE application server business to Azul’s Java runtime and support portfolio. The combined company is positioning itself as a commercially supported, ...

Open-source repositories are collapsing under the strain of 10 trillion downloads annually. All the major repositories are joining together to tackle this problem. While a lack of funds is a major ...

As the chief open-source officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., Simon Phipps has been busy in recent months with various open-source initiatives. The company released OpenSolaris, the open-source version ...