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It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open source license. In all the open sourcing of its ...

Big Blue offers to work with Sun to help shepherd the programming language--Sun's most valuable software asset--through an open-source development model. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Peter Yared, formerly of Sun and now CEO of ActiveGrid, posted an open letter to Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz regarding open sourcing Java on his blog. Here's the text: Long time no see!

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 — Sun Microsystems Inc.’s announcement today that it plans to eventually open-source Java reflects CEO Jonathan Schwartz’s belief that the key to growth at his struggling company is to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will offer Java for free to widen distribution and adoption of the software platform among developers and companies using open- ...

IBM has sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems, urging the company to make Java technology open source, CNET News.com learned late Wednesday. In a letter sent by Rod Smith, IBM's vice president of ...