Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create an open-source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java database, CNET News.com has learned. In conjunction with the LinuxWorld ...

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. Stephen Shankland worked ...

With Java and open source technology now as intertwined as they are, it’s no surprise that many announcements out of last week’s JavaOne conference in San Francisco had either a Linux or an open ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

Java programming for Apple’s iOS devices is not only possible but it’s getting easier all the time. Steve Hannah surveys the recent evolution of the Java iOS landscape, then introduces five open ...

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. In all the open sourcing of its ...

The first big open-source-related stink has emerged in the wake of the Oracle-Sun merger … and it involves MySQL, and the possible forking thereof by the original developers. The Java community has ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive ...

Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...

Bob Brewin, software chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., said the company will discuss the state of its Java open-source efforts and host the first CommunityOne day for open-source and ...

BEA Systems Inc. will jump into the debate over whether Java should be made open-source on Wednesday, and comments from one of its senior executives suggest the application server vendor is leaning in ...