With changes to a licensing program, Sun paves the way for open-source Java application server projects JBoss and Apache to comply with the J2EE standard. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Sun Microsystems announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).

Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft. A browser ...

Big Blue will create versions of its server software for Sun's operating system and will support Java for an additional 10 years. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. will cut developers loose from the wired world next week at the JavaOne conference when it details the next version of its Forte for Java developer tools. The new version will be ...

Microsoft Corp. must distribute Java technology from Sun Microsystems Inc. in every copy of Windows and Internet Explorer that it ships, a U.S. federal judge ruled today. U.S. District Judge Frederick ...

Given the portability of Java code between the server, desktop, and mobile editions of that platform, one can only guess at the plethora of Salesforce.com-esque applications that Google will deliver ...