Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

The debate inside Sun over whether to take Java open source is coming to a head as the JavaOne conference looms May 15. One of new Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz's first chores will be to ...

As the entire open source Java ecosystem continues to experience a Renaissance, millions of developers and large Enterprise users are turning to the Adoptium Marketplace for their open Java runtimes.

A day after Sun chief Scott McNealy says "open source is our friend," a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy calls on the company to open Java code.

Sun Microsystems open-sourced its Java technology a year go, in November 2006. Rich Sands, community marketing manager for Java Platform Standard Edition for Sun, sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past.

Sun's executive vice president of software, Richard Green, reiterated the company's intentions to open source Java at the JavaOne conference yesterday in San Francisco. Green claims that, although ...

Ten years on, Java founder James Gosling sees upside in the open source move, while others believe Sun didn't go far enough Ten years later, the open-sourcing of Java remains a point of contention ...

Peter Yared, formerly of Sun and now CEO of ActiveGrid, posted an open letter to Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz regarding open sourcing Java on his blog. Here's the text:Dear Jonathan ...

It's no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor's choice of open source license.