Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...

Among the biggest news stories at this week's JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems Inc.'s long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language under ...

Oracle is ramping up software audits to catch Java license dodgers – and analysts say to look elsewhere. Oracle’s Java subscribers have been urged to draw up their escape plans as the company looks to ...

His comments followed the announcement that Sun plans to open-source Java, made at the JavaOne event. But that announcement, made on stage at the Moscone Center by Richard Green, Sun’s executive vice ...

Sun’s decision not to join the IBM-led Eclipse effort means that the Java community has missed out on a chance to create a single open source movement, Gartner has claimed. The analyst firm has warned ...