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Entries Tagged as 'JEE'

Talking to the Open-Source Pros

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

Would you to talk to some of the biggest names in open source? No, not me! You know how to talk to me and I’m not exactly a big—or even middle-sized—open-source developer or executive anyway.

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Tags: Business · Java · JEE · LAMP · Open Source

Sun to Open-Source Java Under GPL

November 11th, 2006 · Comments Off

First, Sun Microsystems wouldn’t do it. Then Sun teased us with it. Now, on Nov. 13, I’ve learned that Sun will finally open-source its implementations of Java under the GNU GPL v2. Sun will release the first pieces of source code for Sun’s implementation of JSE (Java Platform Standard Edition) and a buildable implementation of [...]

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Tags: Development · Java · JEE · Open Source · Sun

Red Hat Nets JBoss

April 10th, 2006 · Comments Off

Red Hat, the leading Linux distributor, announced on April 10, 2006 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire open-source Java middleware company JBoss. JBoss has been rumored to be on the acquisition block for months. Earlier this year there was much speculation that Oracle was going to acquire the Atlanta-based JBoss, but [...]

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Tags: Business · Java · JEE · LAMP · Open Source · Red Hat