Sun’s hoping that open sourcing Java under the GPL will lead to Linux distributors embedding the software in their operating systems and thus widening the technology’s appeal to more developers.

Java's roots trace back to 1991, when Sun engineers James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton set out to create a language for interactive television and embedded devices.

Sun did have to engage in “some difficult workarounds” with prerelease versions of Vista, but Reinhold said that such issues are no longer a problem when integrating Java SE 6 with the APIs ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems in April 2009 for $7.4 billion, Oracle’s Larry Ellison said Java was “the single most important software asset we have ever acquired.” ...

Java did this through a runtime engine that ran on top of Windows, called a Java Virtual Machine. Microsoft fought hard against Sun, which later sued the software giant for its competitive tactics.

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

Sun wants a court order forcing Microsoft to carry a Sun-authorized version of Java with the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer browser. Final arguments are set for today.

Sun Microsystems has talked a lot about putting Java into an open-source license. Now it's ready to move. Sun is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile (ME) and standard (SE ...