IBM has sent an open letter to Sun Microsystems urging them to make Java open source. In a letter, sent by IBM’s vice president of emerging technology Rob Smith, IBM offered to provide technical ...

Putting intellectual property into the hands of the open source community is rapidly becoming accepted as an alternative to killing a product. When CA released the Ingres source code to open source ...

Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...

Sun releases open-source Java mobile kit By Mobile World Live Sun Microsystems is to make available an open-source version of its Java Mobile Edition (ME) technology in a bid to ramp-up development of ...

The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...

This story was originally published on CIO Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CIO Dive newsletter. Software license management gaps cost companies millions in ...

Four in five have migrated, are migrating, or will migrate from Oracle Java, report finds 66% agree they could save 40% by switching to open source 96% agree they have concerns with licensing or ...

Oracle is ramping up software audits to catch Java license dodgers – and analysts say to look elsewhere. Oracle’s Java subscribers have been urged to draw up their escape plans as the company looks to ...

Two software researchers recently demonstrated how modern AI tools can reproduce entire open-source projects, creating ...