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Open source cuts across Sun's growth strategy
News Company says it made more money from releasing Solaris source codes, and is now focused on open source as integral part of its strategy.
Tags: Open source, Server platforms, Open-source Software, Asia-Pacific, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, Project GlassFish, strategy, OpenSolaris, Open source
Developers wary of cloud lock-in
News Software developers want a standards-based cloud, and for platforms to provide tools that will allow them to deploy apps to the cloud quickly.
Tags: Security, Google Inc., Open Source, Tool, Abiquo, Azure, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, PaaS
Sun: Open source is about self-interest
News Sun's chief open source officer has told a conference to forget volunteerism and ideals, and think more like Warren Buffett.
Tags: Business applications, Open source
Sun: Java will be free this year
News The struggle to open up Java completely is finally coming to an end.
Tags: Java, Open source, Red Hat Inc., GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 2D, Linux Distribution, Linux, Open source
Sun: We screwed up on open source
News Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, says the company alienated open source developers from 2001 to 2002 but is now healing the rift.
Tags: Open source, Officer, Open-source Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, software, Project GlassFish, sourcing, Java, application server
Sun exec rallies behind GPLv3
News Sun's chief open-source officer has backed the third version of the GPL.
Tags: Open source, Legal
Is 'connected capitalism' the future of software innovation?
News Open source champion Simon Phipps urges technology companies to rethink closed-door innovation, which he says is becoming obsolete in an increasingly connected world.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source, Innovation
Sun to coders: Open-source Java won't change your life
News Having access to the source code of the Java platform won't affect how developers work, the company says.
Tags: Java, Open source
Sun sets up open-source office
News New office is dedicated to open-source matters, signaling company's further embrace of the collaborative programming philosophy.
Tags: Open source
Consortium launched to support OpenDocument
News The Open Document Fellowship has been created to give the OASIS Open Document Format added momentum, as the war of words between Sun and Microsoft gets bitter.
Tags: Open source
Open-source Java--except for the exceptions
Techguide Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.
Tags: Java, Open source
Sun reaches out to JBoss
News The Java creator makes an important compliance test available to the upstart open-source Java server company.
Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'
News Having an open, stable document format is necessary to preserve the world's information, top Sun Microsystems executives say.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Business applications
Open-source Java--except for the exceptions
News Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.
Tags: Java, Open source
Sun sheds light on its open-source future
Insight Simon Phipps, Sun UK's chief open-source officer, surveys the open-source landscape and reaffirms his company's commitment to open software development.
Tags: Open source, Java, Security, Google Inc., Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, system administrator, database administrator, strategy
