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Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
October 14, 2004
Java Desktop System version 2 sneaks onto the market only two months ahead of version 3's due date.
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Sun brings StarOffice into desktop Solaris orbit
February 4, 2004
The company's productivity software, a competitor to Microsoft's Office, debuts on Sun's desktop version of Unix.
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Solaris gets open-source update
July 30, 2003
Sun Microsystems releases an update to its Unix-based operating system that includes, for the first time, the GNOME open-source graphical interface.
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Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat
September 12, 2005
Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch.
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Sun also rises
April 3, 2004
Forrester experts say Sun Microsystems' major deal with Microsoft makes Solaris and other assets shine more brightly.
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Sun warms to open source for Solaris
June 2, 2004
The company continues its tilt toward the open-source world, as executives vow to open up the proprietary operating system. They stop short, however, when it comes to details.
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This week in Linux news
November 19, 2004
Sun to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to those using, developing open-source Solaris--a move to counter Linux.
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Sun CEO: Open source is our friend
February 11, 2004
Sun Microsystems may have been the last major server maker to embrace Linux, but CEO Scott McNealy argues that his company will benefit more from it than competitors.
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Sun, Microsoft tout fruits of cooperation
May 13, 2005
The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way. Photos: Ballmer, McNealy find common ground
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Sun mulls buying Novell
August 2, 2004
Acquisition of Linux seller would hurt rival IBM, Sun says. But it wouldn't exactly be a bargain.
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Open source's patent spat
November 23, 2004
roundup Linus Torvalds and other luminaries call EU patent proposal "deceptive, dangerous." Also: Eye on the big ticket.
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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 begins open-source Solaris era
June 14, 2005
Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground.
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Microsoft adds new flavors of server OS
October 15, 2003
The software giant makes available a test version of its Windows Server 2003 operating system that runs on 64-bit Advanced Micro Devices chips.
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Dell: Red Hat needs to lower prices
December 8, 2004
Dell executive says Linux seller is risking losing customers to free versions of the open-source operating system.
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Sun plans July release for StarOffice 8
May 2, 2005
The company touts the software's "dramatically improved" compatibility with Microsoft Office, its chief competitor.
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Ballmer grins and bears Linux--a little
April 20, 2005
Demos management software supporting non-Windows machines. "I know that's an important capability," Microsoft CEO says.
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Sun builds software to slice up servers
October 15, 2003
The next version of Solaris will include software for dividing servers up into independent partitions, a departure for the company.
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Wal-Mart sells PCs with Sun's Linux
March 31, 2004
To bring Linux-based PCs to average consumers, America's largest retailer has signed up a new partner: Sun Microsystems.
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Sun cools down Linux desktop plan
June 28, 2005
Java Desktop System will continue to exist, but expect to see "less of an emphasis" on it, company's top software exec says.
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