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  • Grids halt hardware overspending - IBM

    IBM is moving to take the wraps off grid additions to its WebSphere server software that the company says will save customers money on underutilised hardware

  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

  • The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?

    Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated.

  • Java pros sign up for virtual bot battle

    More than 120,000 developers have already signed up for a Java coding competition which will see the finalist's virtual robots battle it out in August.

  • Oracle ships grid software

    Oracle claims its Application Server 10g is the first to be able to take advantage of clusters of commodity hardware, an architecture that could make data centres far cheaper to run.

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  • Sun reluctant to make Java open source

    Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive said.

  • Oracle ships grid software

    Oracle claims its Application Server 10g is the first to be able to take advantage of clusters of commodity hardware, an architecture that could make data centres far cheaper to run.

  • IBM's Bullock: Straight to the source

    IBM Managing Director and CEO Philip Bullock takes the hot seat to field questions regarding Web services, Grid computing, and where IBM Australia is headed.

  • Interview: Red Hat's new CEO

    Red Hat's new chief executive officer, Jim Whitehurst, talks about the Linux maker in an extensive interview with ZDNet Australia sister site CNet News.

  • Jonathan Schwartz on the future of Sun

    After a year on the job, Sun's CEO says the company is relevant again but still has problems to fix. In this interview, he admits losing sight of the developer community towards the end of the 1990s, and making what he described as a very bad decision about the company's commitment to Solaris.

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