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 ...

"GlassFish" lets outsiders tinker with Java server source code but stops well short of making it actual open-source software. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Sun Microsystems is moving more of its software into the open-source realm. But the company will stop short of handing over the keys to Java itself--at least for now. However, the event didn't see ...

Big Blue offers to work with Sun to help shepherd the programming language--Sun's most valuable software asset--through an open-source development model. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

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 ...

Thursday, Oracle filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of infringing on patented Java technologies in its Linux-based Android mobile operating system. Even ...

The company is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile (ME) and standard (SE) editions of the Java platform into the GNU General Public License (GPL), with the Java Enterprise Edition and ...

If you were excited about Node.js, Vert.x could be the next big thing for you: a similarly architected enterprise system that is built on the JVM. This installment of the Open source Java projects ...

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