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Showing 1-17 of 17 results foundSun moves into Google orbit
October 4, 2005 Alliance aims to boost Sun's Java and Google's Web-based tools, but could also herald a challenge to Microsoft's hold on the PC.Sun promises to open-source Java
May 16, 2006 Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done.Sun aims for ultracheap cell phones
May 9, 2007 An alternative to a $100 laptop: Sun hopes selling JavaFX Mobile to phone makers will bring cheap Net access to the masses.Sun names likely license for open-source Java
October 26, 2006 The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says.Live from San Francisco, Scott McNealy
May 19, 2006 It was comedy hour at JavaOne, as Sun's chairman laid out his Letterman-style "Top 10 best things about not being CEO." Video: McNealy hams it upJBoss CEO: Buyout talk got 'out of hand'
April 3, 2006 Even as JBoss weighs acquisition offers, its CEO bemoans some of the "nonsense" regarding Oracle acquisition rumors.Sun settles with Microsoft, announces layoffs
April 2, 2004 update The deal dictates that Microsoft must make $1.95 billion in payments to Sun, which separately says it will cut 3,300 jobs, as its losses mount.Scott McNealy far from retired
October 17, 2007 Former Sun CEO is racking more frequent-flier miles now as chairman, traveling the world to meet with customers and tout Sun's virtues.Ex-Sun exec returns to run software group
May 1, 2006 Rich Green, who left for a start-up in 2004, is expected to be named Sun's software chief, CNET News.com has learned.Zimbra to offer Ubuntu Linux support
May 4, 2007 The start-up focused on e-mail and calendar software for servers adds support for the up-and-coming version of Linux.Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' released, hit by traffic
April 19, 2007 New 7.04 version features virtualization and crash-reporting tool--but only if you're able to download it.Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says.Is Adobe breathing down Microsoft's neck?
October 5, 2007 News.com's Charles Cooper says Adobe's new AIR tech and others' plans for Web apps could finally mean Redmond has to compete for your loyalty.Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source
April 10, 2006 Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights.Sun servers heading back to Intel chips
January 22, 2007 CEOs from Sun Microsystems and Intel are expected to announce partnership to build Xeon-based servers this year.Linux-loving McNealy dons penguin outfit
February 8, 2002 In a move to erase doubts about the sincerity of Sun Microsystems' move to embrace Linux, CEO Scott McNealy took the stage at the company's annual meeting wearing a penguin suit.BEA Systems acquires Fuego
March 1, 2006 Company's latest buy to expand BEA's presence in service-oriented architecture software. Sponsored matches for "Java"
