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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Sun buffs up its software array
December 4, 2003
Rivals and finances aside, CEO Scott McNealy says the only challenge facing the company is getting its message across to customers. Central to that message: Java.
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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.
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Sun 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.
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Open-source advocate: Release Java code
February 13, 2004
A day after Sun chief Scott McNealy says "open source is our friend," a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy calls on the company to open Java code.
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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 up
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FAQ: The Sun-Google partnership
October 5, 2005
What exactly does the alliance mean for the two companies--and for the computing industry?
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Sun, Oracle at odds over Java tools
January 26, 2006
Two allies have different views over whether Oracle supports Sun's NetBeans programming software.
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Sun tries sharing Java again; still not open source
June 21, 2005
"GlassFish" lets outsiders tinker with Java server source code but stops well short of making it actual open-source software.
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Banking on Java
June 30, 2004
At JavaOne in San Francisco, Sun looks to the future of its flagship software product. A big private win for JDS could give it a boost.
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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.
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Sun's McNealy swings at rivals
June 29, 2004
The feisty CEO puts up his dukes in a speech that jabs at IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft and Congress.
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Sun and Google shake hands
October 4, 2005
Multiyear partnership will develop and distribute Google Toolbar, Java, OpenOffice and OpenSolaris--and Google will buy lots more Sun servers.
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McNealy: Rattling cages is good for Sun
March 21, 2003
On his Asian tour, Sun's CEO tells reporters that being controversial is good for business--then describes Intel's Itanium chip as a "serious disaster."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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