While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control ...

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 be ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems four years ago, it quickly and ruthlessly started tearing out the unprofitable stuff. Sun was a company run by engineers, a Xerox-PARC-like outfit where a cool idea ...

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. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Sun Microsystems officials introduced last week upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company’s latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the elephant in the ...

Larry Page appeared in the Oracle-Google courtroom yesterday — via videotaped deposition.Sketch by Vickie Behringer Google CEO Larry Page will take the stand again in the company’s courtroom tussle ...

So here’s the deal. Oracle filed an infringement case against Google for the use of Java on its Android OS, seeking damages in the billions. Last week’s dramatic development put Google in a bad light ...

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 ...

As the trial over Android's use of the Java programming language entered its second week, the man who oversees Google's mobile operating system took the stand, and under questioning from Oracle -- the ...

Sun Microsystems officials introduced on Thursday Sun’s upgrades to three Java-based technologies, including the company’s latest implementation of enterprise Java. But they were silent on the ...