As Sun Microsystems' chief claim to fame in the software world, Java began seven years ago as a bold assault on the company's sworn enemy, Microsoft. Few deny that the programming language has been a ...

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The Java computing language has finally proven to be the money-maker that Sun Microsystems always insisted it would be. Everyone, except perhaps Oracle shareholders, should be ...

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 ...

The settlement, announced Thursday, comes less than a week after a jury in U.S. District Court in western New York ruled in Kodak's favor over accusations that Java violated three Kodak patents. Kodak ...

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 CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced in a blog entry today that Sun will be changing its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ from SUNW to JAVA. Schwartz cites the high visibility of the Java brand ...

While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control ...

Users of Sun Microsystems' hardware will now have another open-source software option thanks to an alliance between Sun and SuSE that means Sun will sell and support SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz took the stand today in the second Oracle v. Google trial, testifying about how the Java language and APIs were used while he was at Sun’s ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

Sun Microsystems has announced that it will change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA. The stock ticker change will go into effect on Monday, August 27, 2007. From the press release: Sun ...

As Sun Microsystems’ chief claim to fame in the software world, Java began seven years ago as a bold assault on the company’s sworn enemy, Microsoft. Few deny that the programming language has been a ...