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.

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

It was never the sexiest language, but for decades Java has been a mainstay of modern technology, and it's going to be with us for years to come.

Oracle has been cast in the villain's role for a long time—particularly since the company acquired Sun Microsystems and gained ownership of Sun's wide-spanning collection of open source software.

UK universities and colleges have signed a framework worth up to £9.86 million ($13.33 million) with Oracle to use its controversial Java SE Universal Subscription model, in exchange for a "waiver of ...

Oracle and Sun announce $7.4 billion acquisition agreement. ... There are substantial long-term strategic customer advantages to Oracle owning two key Sun software assets: Java and Solaris.

When Google started working on Java in the mid-2000s, the technology was owned by Sun Microsystems—Oracle didn't acquire Sun until 2010. In 2005, Google approached Sun about a licensing deal.

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 ...

As the trial over Android's use of the Java programming language entered its second week, the man who oversees Google's mobile operating system took the stand, and under questioning from Oracle ...