Sun Microsystems plans to release a developer toolkit tailored to Sun’s N1 architecture for IT infrastructure management. Company officials on Friday afternoon also defended the process for publicly ...

The Santa Clara, Calif., company said the cross-platform technology it created more than 10 years ago will be available under the GNU General Public License, which is the same contract that governs ...

Sun Microsystems has launched new software tools to bolster its Web services strategy. Sun executives said Friday that the company has released a starter kit, which features a tutorial and development ...

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

Sun Microsystems has officially opened the source code of the Java Development Kit, the next major step in the company's effort to release the major components of Java under an open source license.

More than a year after creating a Java server software suite, Sun Microsystems is breaking that package into smaller components in an effort to make the software easier to try. Sun's Java Enterprise ...

Sun Microsystems is set to demonstrate a prototype for a game server system for both PCs and consoles, while launching a contest for independent Java game developers. Sun Microsystems on Sunday said ...

The Apache Software Foundation is in a dispute with Sun Microsystems over a license for the Java technology compatibility kit needed for the Apache Harmony project. Harmony is an open source ...

Over two years in the making, Sun is due to release the latest version of its Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) software Monday, placing particular emphasis on the application development ...