May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week’s JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems’ long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems' Java is now officially an open-source project--mostly. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based server and software company officially released the software at its OpenJDK Web ...

Now that Java is going open source, what exactly does that mean? Developers and others worldwide say it opens up a world of possibilities. New opportunities are presented on Linux as well as in the ...

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It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems put the source code for the next big version of Java up on the Internet last week. OK, maybe it’s a little surprise. For most of a year, Sun has resisted a ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will offer Java for free to widen distribution and adoption of the software platform among developers and companies using open- source technology such as Linux. Java is ...

Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit. Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

With Java EE 8 poised to go GA, and JavaOne 2017 just around the corner, Oracle Corp. says the time is right to "rethink" how Java EE is developed, and it's considering the potential benefits of ...