The 30th anniversary of Java, being celebrated this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes ...

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 ...

Oracle’s commitment to invest in Java may mean it will go full-force at trying to make money off of Java, a path Sun has not pursued strongly.

Oracle’s plans for Java and the proposed Sun Cloud public computing platform became clearer Wednesday, with Oracle executives giving another big thumbs-up to Java but a thumbs-down to Sun Cloud.

With Sun, Oracle said Java and Solaris are the keepers in the deal. "More Oracle databases run on the Solaris Sparc than any other system," said Ellison, noting Linux was second.

Oracle's Sun Java Strategy: Business as Usual. Jan. 28, 2010 5:16 AM ET ORCL, JAVA-OLD, ... The highlight for us was what happens to Sun’s Java portfolio, and as it turns out, ...

Invented by Sun, Java is now overseen by Oracle, and yet, as those big web companies embrace Java in such a big way, Oracle is on the outside looking in. When it was founded back in 2006, Twitter ...

If Oracle ends up owning Sun Microsystems, it's got a one-off opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past when it comes to working with open source on Java. The database giant should relax Sun's ...

Malware authors, meanwhile, realized that Java's extensive deployment — Oracle, which bought Sun in 2009, estimates that it is on more than 850 million personal computers — made it a tempting ...

Software developers should prepare early for Oracle’s audit of Java licenses. Because the potential to run afoul of Oracle’s licenses for Java is extremely high, it is essential to understand the ...

Happier times: Sun and Google were Java allies in 2005, when Sun's then-president Jonathan Schwartz, left, and CEO Scott McNealy, center, joined Google CEO Eric Schmidt to tout a partnership that ...

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