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Software giants feel open source pressure

Developer support is critical to the success or otherwise of the smartphone platforms and Microsoft and Nokia are both adapting some...

Open source Java debate brews cold

Michael S. Mimoso writes "Sun executives met open source Java advocates head on during a panel discussion at JavaOne." Link: searchwebservices.techtarget.com Category: Java

On Sun, Java and Open Source

Sun says open sourcing Java code will fragment and devalue the platform. Sun's opponents say that under the current community process ...

Sun, IBM Should Quit Open-Source Posturing

Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols sjvn writes "Sun has brought the debate over who is "more open source" down to the playground level, and both companies...

Open-Source Lifeline Pulls Up Sun’s Cobalt

Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols sjvn writes "The Web server applicance is raking in new users since Sun open-sourced its code, even though the company has...

In Europe, Microsoft aims to mute open-source ‘noise.’

Exec pooh-poohs "emotional debate" and says defections to Linux are limited to just a few high-profile cases. Microsoft has dismissed high-profile European government defections...

How to create OpenOffice.org macros and automation

Author: Tamar E. Granor There are times when you need to perform some task over and over, or when a task is complex enough that...

Sun opens up Project Looking Glass

Sun Microsystems is releasing the source code for a user interface technology that provides users with a 3D view of their PC desktop. "The client...

Currents: Linux in Government: Open Source Innovation within the DoD

Prior to implementing an integrated software solution for its hospitals in 1993, the military experienced bottlenecks in its computer services. Each branch of the...

Why Sun will open code for new 3D desktop

Author: Chris Preimesberger SAN FRANCISCO -- Reaffirming its role as the "benevolent guardian" of the far-ranging Java franchise, Sun Microsystems nonetheless continues to, in effect,...