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Year in review: New players enliven open source
December 21, 2007
Yahoo, Google, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, and even Microsoft freshen up the open-source marketplace.
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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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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.
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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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Next StarOffice goes on sale
October 15, 2003
The newest version of Sun Microsystems' StarOffice desktop software suite, a competitor to Microsoft Office, is available at Lindows.com and Sun's online store.
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Sun pragmatic about open-source software
August 6, 2003
Linux and open-source software have swept across much of the computing industry, but Sun Microsystems' top software executive is calling for a dose of realism about the movement.
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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, 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 to IBM: Go Linux with us
January 22, 2004
The company says it's committed to a wholesale move from the Microsoft desktop and is prepared to help IBM do the same.
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Sun may offer Java customers SCO relief
September 10, 2003
Sun Microsystems may add a provision to some of its Java licenses to protect consumers from Linux-related lawsuits filed by the SCO Group.
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Java stir puts Sun in a spot
December 7, 2004
Software flaw highlights the rising need for Sun to reach out to tech greenhorns.
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Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none
December 4, 2006
ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers.
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Sun desktop software exec moving to Linux specialist
July 16, 2004
Marketing chief for Sun's Desktop Solutions Group jumps ship to head marketing at MontaVista Software.
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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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