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Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced in a blog entry today that Sun will be changing its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ from SUNW to JAVA. Schwartz cites the high visibility of the Java ...

"The Java brand and technology have evolved to be among the most pervasive on the internet, yielding extraordinary awareness for Sun and opportunity for the community that leverages it," said Sun ...

Sun spokesperson Noel Hartzell told eWEEK that the company has simply decided that Java has an “incredible brand awareness that represents value,” and that the time had come to make a change.