Over the years, the company has open sourced many Java components, but has stopped short of opening up the core Java specifications. Sun worries that such a move could threaten Java’s “Write Once, Run ...

Sun's new software store is an idea whose time has come, and one that sends Java hurtling head-to-head with Windows It’s not enough to offer developers platforms upon which to build applications.

Work is being wrapped up on the first draft of a set of new Java technologies that could bring big benefits to mobile phone applications for both work and entertainment. The technologies, embodied in ...

It was only a year ago that I predicted Java’s demise as a standardized platform unless Sun Microsystems Inc. reclaimed and defended it. Back then, the market didn’t see Java. It saw BEA Systems Java, ...