August 11, 2007
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When Judge Kimball ruled against SCO in favor of Novel and said that Novell owned Unix’s IP (intellectual property), that was the end of SCO. So now, SCO’s legal cases are dead — but what about its friends and partners? … Continue reading
January 16, 2007
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Sun is going to add the upcoming GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) to OpenSolaris in addition to its current CDDL (Common Development and Distribution License). This may give OpenSolaris a much needed kick in the pants. I have … Continue reading
January 12, 2007
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When you think programming languages and Linux, the languages that tend to come to mind are C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python and, lately, Ruby. But, Java probably doesn’t enter your mind at all — that’s because until recently Java was … Continue reading
November 13, 2006
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First, Sun Microsystems Inc. wouldn’t do it. Then Sun teased us with it. Now, on Nov. 13, Sun will finally open-source its implementations of Java under the GNU GPLv2 (General Public License version 2). On Monday, Sun will release the … Continue reading
November 11, 2006
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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 … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
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Never forget that while he was unable to right Sun in recent years, McNealy wasn’t just an industry giant. He changed the IT world forever. In 1982, Scott McNealy founded Sun Microsystems with three graduate student friends — Andy Bechtolsheim, … Continue reading