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  • Sun releases OpenSolaris file system

    Sun Microsystems has released the source code for its OpenSolaris file system, a major component of its server operating system.

  • Open-source group gets Sun security gift

    Sun Microsystems donates new cryptography technology to an open-source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the Internet.

  • Sun's Schwartz guns for patent glories

    Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz, who speaks often of innovation in sales methods and not just technology, is seeking a patent on the company's per-employee software pricing plan, CNET News.com has learned.

  • Sun "seeds" Aust StarOffice user base

    Sun Microsystems has stepped-up its efforts to barge open a space in the office software market currently dominated by Microsoft.

  • McNealy keeps busy at Sun

    Despite leaving the chief executive role at Sun Microsystems last year, Scott McNealy is staying active with the company as chairman, and remains as outspoken as ever.

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  • Open-source group gets Sun security gift

    Sun Microsystems donates new cryptography technology to an open-source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the Internet.

  • Database start-ups bet on open source

    Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.

  • Ubuntu carves niche in Linux landscape

    It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.

  • Eclipse Java tools will swallow Tiger

    Software consortium Eclipse will launch a new set of tools next year, which will incorporate the latest Java specification code-named Tiger.

  • What's on their mind? Linux and IBM

    The mind-bending spectacle of Steve Ballmer and Scott McNealy swapping Detroit Red Wings jerseys and yukking it up onstage at a swank San Francisco hotel made for a fetching photo opportunity.

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