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Sun promises prizes to boost open source effort

Sun Microsystems will today release details of a new award program meant to spur growth and activity within the company's open-source efforts, according to a post by Sun's open-source officer,…

NetApp losing 'spew dot oh' blog war to Sun

Far more interesting than any of the IP claims traded between Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems is the battle being waged between NetApp founder Dave Hitz and Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan…

Sun shines as open source pays off

Like many others in the dark years that followed April 2000, Sun saw profitability and growth fade right away and much of the sheen knocked off its brand.

Its pugnacious front man, Scott…

OpenSolaris will challenge Linux says Sun

Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java.

Jonathan Schwartz on Sun's open-source business strategy

Jonathan Schwartz is a man on a mission. While at Linuxworld today, I took an hour to visit with Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems. After spending an hour prodding Jonathan with questions…

Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' not a Linux copy

Sun's operating system chief and Debian author Ian Murdock was at OSCON, elaborating on Project Indiana. He covered, for the most part, ground we've already been over, which places Indiana as Sun'…

Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'

The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local executive for Sun Microsystems.

Sun exec…

Sun looks to steal Linux thunder with Project Indiana

Looking to steal thunder from the Linux juggernaut or at least catch the same wave, Sun plans to release binaries in Spring 2008 for its OpenSolaris Unix platform, similar to how Linux is offered…

Sun Donates High Availability Cluster Code to the Open Source Community

Sun Microsystems announced it will release the Solaris Cluster source code through the HA (High Availability) Clusters community on the OpenSolaris site. Sun is releasing the Open High…

SUN's CIO Jonatthan Schwarz invites Linus Torvalds for dinner

SUN's CIO Jonathan Schwarz invites Linus Torvalds for dinner to end the cynical dispute Linus started on LKML and to make the world a better place for everyone. An open letter to Linus about the…