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 ...

May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week's JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems' long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming ...

Sun Microsystems' announcement that it will release the Java programming language under an open-source license raises a lot of questions. In this FAQ, Java expert Richard Hoffman tackles some of ...

In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what ...

Columnist Michael C. Daconta says the open source and free software communities have embraced Java, and the fruits of that relationship are starting to show.

The open-source development site now has more Java projects than C++ projects.

Challengers forge into open-source integration JBoss and LogicBlaze assemble integration-related software to take on incumbents in integration middleware.

In addition to impairing Oracle's open source credibility, the lawsuit could also have a detrimental impact on the adoption of the Android platform.

Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to make its Java software available on an open-source basis, part of the company's effort to keep current with a technology trend that has changed how programs ...