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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.
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Apple issues Java security update
April 19, 2006
Flaws could allow malicious attackers to gain access to Mac OS users' systems.
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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.
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IBM backs Sun's Solaris, renews Java pact
June 27, 2005
Big Blue will create versions of its server software for Sun's operating system and will support Java for an additional 10 years.
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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.
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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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Sun to offer more free software
November 30, 2005
The company plans to give away Java Enterprise System, N1 management tools with its Solaris operating system.
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Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly
May 4, 2006
As JavaOne approaches, plans are afoot to make Java licensing terms more favorable to open-source OSes.
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Sun releases developer tools for NetBeans
December 6, 2006
Two new packs for the open-source NetBeans IDE aim to make it easier to work on applications for the Web and for a range of OSes.
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Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
November 18, 2004
Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech
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Java OS to make debut this month
May 10, 1996
Sun Microsystems will officially announceits plans to license a lightweight, portable operating system based on Javaand designed to power a new generation of network appliances, sources have toldCNET.
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Sun's gloomy side
October 18, 2005
The computer maker has usually fallen short of its potential in software and storage. Can new plans turn things around?
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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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New Sun unit plans technology partnerships
February 7, 2006
In a new bid for growth, Sun launches a division to enable others build products around its hardware and software.
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Sun looks for users running rival OSes
October 26, 2005
Java Enterprise System server middleware now supports Windows and HP-UX and Sun has a new plan to expand its Java Desktop System to more Linux flavors.
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Sun's open-source odyssey
July 6, 2006
Sun's incoming executive vice president of software says the company envisions a world dominated by open source.
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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.
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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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Red Hat plans app server in 2004
December 18, 2003
The Linux seller plans to expand into a new Java software market in the first half of 2004, encroaching on the application server turf of IBM, BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems.
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Linux moves into midrange Motorola phones
July 1, 2005
Company announces new step in its plan to remake most of its mobile phone line with the open-source OS.
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