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Sun plugs in open-source Java database

December 13, 2005 The company is distributing an open-source Java database within its Java server software products. TAGS: JavaDB, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun NetBeans, Java server, open source, software product, database, Java, IBM Corp.

Ubuntu maker to distribute Sun's Java

November 8, 2006 Canonical's Linux software will include Sun's Glassfish for running Java programs on servers. TAGS: Project GlassFish, Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, Java, Sun Java, open source, server, Linux

Open-source Java coming in '07

October 23, 2006 Sun is "on plan" to make Java open source. Meanwhile, it looks to make OpenSolaris for specialized hardware devices. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Java, storage server, Sun Solaris, open source, server

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. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaOne, Java, open source, OSI, executive vice president, programming language, Governor, IBM Corp., CEO

Door to Java source code opens a crack wider

March 16, 2005 "Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source. TAGS: J2SE, James Gosling, Java, Java software, Java software company, Sun Microsystems Inc., license, open source, J2EE, Java 2, source code, software company

Sun sets up open-source office

August 18, 2005 Company is "heading in the direction where all its software is going to be based on open source," an exec says. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, open-source software, open-source project, project, Java

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. TAGS: open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Sun Solaris, license, Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, IBM Corp.

Java inches closer to open source

May 16, 2006 Sun plans to open up more Java software, but will stop short of sharing the programming language itself. TAGS: Java, Java software, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, BEA Systems Inc., JavaOne, Java application, programming language, Sun Solaris, Linux, server

IBM steps into open-source Java project

July 21, 2005 Long an open-source Java advocate, Big Blue begins participating in Harmony and plans to submit code, exec says. TAGS: open source, IBM Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., code, project

Sun to coders: Open-source Java won't change your life

August 16, 2006 Having access to the source code of the Java platform won't affect how developers work, the company says. TAGS: Linux kernel, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Java developer, Java, source code, London, Linux

Apache eyes open-source Java project

May 9, 2005 Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. TAGS: Java 2, J2SE, Apache Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, open source, project, IBM Corp.

Gosling looks down Sun's open road

March 19, 2007 The man behind Java offers his take on open source, security and why IT is always "on the edge of collapse." TAGS: James Gosling, GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, open source, platform, security, information technology

Motorola picks home for its open-source Java

November 2, 2006 Mobile phone maker urges others to help build open-source Java ME at the Apache Software project. TAGS: Apache Software Foundation, Motorola Inc., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., MIDP, Java, project, mobile phone

Sun expands open-source Java plan

August 15, 2006 Server and software company to release open-source components, open up Java for gadgets this year. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, open-source version, open source, open-source software, programming language, community, Microsoft .NET, component, software company, IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Corp.

Sun releases OpenSolaris file system

November 17, 2005 A key piece of its Unix operating systems goes to open-source programmers. Also on tap: more on Sun's database plans. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., application server, open source, source code, file system, Java, database, server, operating system

Sun looks to sweeten Java

March 15, 2005 The Java steward plans to simplify "excessively complicated" commercial license, as it readies an overhaul of the standard. TAGS: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., commercial software company, Java 2, J2SE, J2EE, Stephen O'Grady, license, BEA Systems Inc., Java application, Sun Java, software company, open-source software, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: Scott McNealy, open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Solaris, Sun Sparc, chairman, Java, dot-com, decision, CEO

Open-source Java--except for the exceptions

May 9, 2007 Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Richard Stallman, Java, JavaOne, open source, JDK, Free Software Foundation, source code, GPL, exception, open-source software, conference, server, video

Sun considers GPL for Solaris

November 14, 2006 If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, Java, license, open source, Linux, possibility, operating system

Sun's open-source chief rallies behind GPL 3

December 6, 2006 Exec's comments come after Sun decides to release Java code under the less-controversial version 2 of the General Public License. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, GPLv3, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java Platform, open source, Java, license, blog, Linux