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Coming to terms with open source

April 26, 2006 Big software makers are learning to live in an increasingly open-source world, but other institutions still have issues. TAGS: open source, business intelligence, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., software company

Sun taps EnterpriseDB for PostgreSQL support

August 7, 2006 EnterpriseDB, which has built an Oracle-compatible edition of PostgreSQL, will offer Solaris customers support through Sun. TAGS: EnterpriseDB, PostgreSQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., support services, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., open source, database

Oracle gets Groovy with open-source project

May 12, 2006 The database giant will participate in Grails, an open-source development that combines the Groovy scripting language and Java infrastructure. TAGS: scripting language, Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, language

Sun floats open-source database idea

February 4, 2005 Such a move could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates. Image: A Sun database? TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., BEA Systems Inc., Ingres, Oracle Corp., open source, server software, database, Jonathan Schwartz, open-source software, database software, Scott McNealy, Computer Associates International Inc., CEO, server

Sun backs open-source database PostgreSQL

November 17, 2005 Company plans to distribute database and optimize it for Solaris. It also plans to include Xen virtualization, Linux compatibility next year. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, OpenSolaris, PostgreSQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., support services, open source, Xen, database, company executive, Linux, Oracle Corp., operating system

Oracle to finish Linux makeover this year

May 26, 2004 The database giant will finish switching its programmers to Linux by the end of the year--and now is the top database seller for the open-source operating system. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Linux, open source, database, IBM Corp., Gartner Inc., Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., operating system, programming, server, Microsoft Windows

NetBeans update ships with Sun aboard

February 2, 2006 Sun Microsystems to support users of NetBeans IDE 5, the open-source tool which sports a new GUI-building program. TAGS: Sun NetBeans, Sun Microsystems Inc., IDE, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., development tool, open source, Java, software company, developer, server

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, article, Steve Ballmer, lawyer, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sun faces open-source swarm

June 27, 2005 As JavaOne gets under way, the company is seeing the center of Java move away from the Sun-controlled standards process. TAGS: JavaOne, BEA Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Java company, open source, Java tool, Sun Java, standards, Java application, center, development tool, project, developer, Oracle Corp., server

Open source on the march

October 24, 2005 Sun to update Solaris 10 by year's end. Also: IBM expands free access to patents for education, health care. TAGS: Jini, Sun Solaris 10, open source, OpenDocument Format, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., patent, health care, blog, IBM Corp., Firefox, Java, Oracle Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Rising challenges in open source

October 26, 2006 Hackers are getting their hands on Linux code, and Oracle now has its nose in the Red Hat tent. TAGS: open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Oracle Corp., consortium, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, CEO, security, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: JavaOne, JRE, Java, Joe Keller, BEA Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Java server, Java Platform, open source, company executive, Java application, standard, Linux, Oracle Corp., operating system, software company

Year in review: The open-source effect spreads

December 20, 2005 Open source seeped into nearly every software category, leaving an indelible mark on how software is bought and sold. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, open source, software product, application server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, Linux, database, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., server, Microsoft Corp.

Too much on Oracle's plate?

September 22, 2005 special coverage Customers wonder whether Oracle has bitten off more buyouts than it can deal with. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, buyout, middleware, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., CEO, software company, HP, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., blog, database

Year in review: Grappling with open source

December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, GPL, Novell Inc., AJAX, IBM DB2, Red Hat Inc., MySQL, Oracle Corp., middleware, Linux, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Firefox, acquisition, database