Whilst Sun Microsystems and Oracle are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a huge boost for Java many in the community are not so sure, wondering what kind of control Oracle will seek to exert ...

Sun Chairman Scott McNealy (left) with Oracle chief Larry Ellison. With the move- valued at $7.4 billion including Sun's debt - Oracle also becomes a full-fledged hardware player. Oracle has been ...

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.

When Oracle announced it was buying Sun and taking stewardship of Java there were a lot of concerned open-source software fans. But, two and a half years on, Oracle is doing a fine job of steering ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems four years ago, it quickly and ruthlessly started tearing out the unprofitable stuff.

Oracle’s commitment to invest in Java may mean it will go full-force at trying to make money off of Java, a path Sun has not pursued strongly. “I think that they will realize that they want as ...

In 2010, Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems -- the company that built Java -- and now that it controls the programming platform, it's accusing Google of patent and copyright infringement.

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 ...

Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle's fastest growing business, is built on top of Sun's Java language and software.

Oracle, Sun aim Java tools at Microsoft The two companies launch a joint campaign to promote a set of new tools that easily converts Microsoft-based software into Java software.