Sun and the Java world are hurtling towards the date — albeit still undetermined — when Java code is released to the open source community. Already surfacing are some details are how this will go down ...

Santa Clara, Calif. — Sun Microsystems’s offering of the Java platform via open source under the GNU General Public License is a “momentous” change, said Sun President/CEO Jonathan Schwartz on Monday.

Project Harmony debuted last Friday, appearing as a formal proposal on an Apache email discussion list. The proposal lists 12 founding members, including both U.S.-based and overseas developers active ...

Sun Tuesday launched a portal site for its Java programming language as the company inches closer to making the Java code open source, a company executive said Tuesday. The Web site details the ...

According to CAST research labs, Java open-source frameworks are an intrinsically risky element when it comes to keeping a corporation's systems and data safe. The CRASH--CAST Research on Application ...

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, ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

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 ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

IBM is participating on a limited basis in Project Harmony, the Apache Software Foundation's effort to create a compatible, independent implementation of Java Standard Edition 5 under the Apache ...