New portal will track Java's evolution into open source
August 28, 2006—Sun Microsystems has unveiled a portal that will detail its efforts to make its Java programming language
available as open source code. After the announcement, Bob Brewin, Sun’s chief technology officer for software, talked to
Computerworld about the state of the company’s effort to make Java SE (Standard Edition) code available to the open source
community.
Heather Havenstein,
August 2006
Oracle, SAP, IBM ramp up efforts on SOA specifications
August 7, 2006—An alliance of leading software vendors have announced progress on specifications to define a language-neutral
programming model for application development within SOA (service-oriented architecture) environments.
China Martens,
August 2006
Sun blames quarterly loss on restructuring fees
July 31, 2006—Sun Microsystems has posted a loss of 01 million for the fourth quarter, blaming restructuring costs from a
tumultuous period of layoffs and plant closings.
Ben Ames,
July 2006
Java generates jingles in Sun's pockets
Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems' new CEO, has promised to soon reveal the mystery of how much money his company gets from
Java.
Jon Udell,
June 2006
Sun joins OpenAJAX, Dojo Foundation
June 19, 2006—Bolstering its Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) efforts, Sun Microsystems is joining the OpenAJAX Alliance
and the Dojo Foundation. In participating, Sun plans to help drive standards for Ajax programming and boost interoperability
in Ajax technologies.
Paul Krill,
June 2006
Why open source Java?
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 under an open source license. Java expert Richard
Hoffman put together this list of answers to frequently asked questions covering some of the basic history behind this decision,
what it means, and why you should care.
Richard Hoffman,
May 2006
Sun to cut as many as 5,000 jobs
June 5, 2006—Sun Microsystems plans to lay off as many as 5,000 employees, sell real estate, and "simplify" its product line
in an effort to boost profits, its newly appointed CEO Jonathan Schwartz said.
Patrick Thibodeau,
May 2006
Sun woos developers to the grid
May 18, 2006—Sun Microsystems on Thursday rolled out several incentives to draw developers into creating applications for
the Sun Grid, the company announced at the JavaOne Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Shelley Solheim,
May 2006
Developers first, money later, says Sun's CEO
May 17, 2006—Giving things away is critical to Sun's future financial success.
Robert McMillan
,
May 2006
Make way for SOA 2.0
May 17, 2006—With the industry still buzzing about SOA in general, Oracle and others are now talking about SOA 2.0. Oracle
officials talked up this next-generation version of SOA at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Paul Krill,
May 2006
Sun releases Java EE 5, promises openness
May 16, 2006—Sun Microsystems has made its Java programming language a little more open source friendly, releasing a major
enterprise update at its annual developer conference Tuesday, and cautiously committing to turn Java into an open source project.
Robert McMillan
,
May 2006
JavaOne to showcase easier development tools
May 15, 2006—Sun's JavaOne conference this week is expected to highlight the vendor's growing embrace of open source, as well
as its move to make Java-based applications easier to deploy and integrate with legacy systems.
,
May 2006
Open enterprise: Schwartz doesn't get Linux
May 1, 2006—Scott McNealy is out. Jonathan Schwartz is in. And the future never looked brighter for Sun Microsystems—or so
we're told. But if Sun's new CEO is going to convince me that his company can remain a dominant player in enterprise software,
first he's going to have to get his story straight, particularly when it comes to Linux and open source.
Neil Mcallister,
May 2006
Software AG joins open source Eclipse Foundation
April 24, 2006—Germany's Software AG has joined the Eclipse Foundation, an open source community focused on providing an open
development platform for building software.
John Blau
,
April 2006
EclipseCon reflects the rise of IDE
March 20, 2006—EclipseCon kicks off this week in Santa Clara, Calif., marking the second annual convocation of Eclipse partners
and vendors, who will gather to learn about and celebrate alliances, new products, and new directions.
Andrew Binstock,
March 2006
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