While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control ...

Oracle and Sun Microsystems have teamed up to try to snatch away Microsoft's customers. In a bid to convince Microsoft developers to support the Java programming language, Oracle and Sun announced ...

The seeds for the infringement suit against Google and Android were sown at Sun, but it took Oracle's financial power to bring them to fruition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Oracle's stunning agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems will reshape the landscape of tools and platforms for Java and database developers. But it also means a change in emphasis -- or even the demise ...

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The Java computing language has finally proven to be the money-maker that Sun Microsystems always insisted it would be. Everyone, except perhaps Oracle shareholders, should be ...

Sun Microsystems officials introduced on Thursday Sun’s upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company’s latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the ...

The software giant has no interest in cloud-based utility services, but does have lots of plans for Java's various editions Oracle’s plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform ...