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 ...

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 ...

As I mentioned last week there are some obvious stress points in the Oracle/Sun merger - support being on top of the list. Among the personal emails responses I got to this - often, by the way, from ...

The Oracle v. Google case is about copyright, patents, and the intricacies of the open-source world. But it's also about Oracle trying to get a do-over for decisions made by Sun's executive management ...

Google CEO Larry Page will take the stand again in the company's courtroom tussle with Oracle over whether Android infringes on Java patents and copyrights, but the story line for the search giant is ...

In its first year in charge of the former Sun Microsystems technologies, Oracle stepped on plenty of toes, as the company dueled with both the open source community and Google. But Oracle also has ...

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Two of Silicon Valley’s leading players, Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc., pledged a renewal of their on-again, off-again alliance yesterday, while taking shots at common rivals such as ...

Oracle wants to be like IBM -- the IBM of the 1960s. A series of Oracle executives took turns Wednesday outlining the company's plans for integrating Sun Microsystems' hardware and software with ...

Less clear is the future for Sun's hardware product lines, especially its server products, and what the acquisition means for Sun's hardware channel partners. On Monday, Oracle and Sun stunned the ...