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Image: Open-source DB from Sun?
February 4, 2005
At Sun Microsystems' annual analyst meeting, CEO Scott McNealy floats the idea.
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Official nod for Sun open-source license
January 5, 2005
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.
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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.
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Next Solaris gets open-source database
May 3, 2006
An update to Solaris 10 due in June will include the open-source PostgreSQL database.
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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.
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Alert goes out on Sun patch
June 24, 2005
Issues notice of patch for hole in an open-source program used in Solaris and Java Desktop System.
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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.
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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.
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Sun open-source diva departs for Intel
March 18, 2005
Sun Microsystems is losing Danese Cooper, but it won't drop its current open-source focus.
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Sun: Open source is about self-interest
June 28, 2006
Sun's chief open-source officer tells conference to forget volunteerism and ideals, think more like Warren Buffett.
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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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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.
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Open-source transitions gather steam
July 6, 2006
Microsoft and Sun continue to make an uneasy peace with open-source software as it becomes more and more of a business reality.
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Sun's Fortran replacement goes open-source
January 12, 2007
Good-bye Fortran, hello Fortress? Server maker seeks open-source help building alternative to decades-old programming language.
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Sun warms to open-source server software
January 26, 2005
Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product.
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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.
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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 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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Sun license gets open-source nod
January 19, 2005
The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned.
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Sun drafts open-source blog developer
August 31, 2004
The principal author of Roller Weblogger will gather support for the online journals inside and outside Sun.
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