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  • 'Open source Solaris' to debut this year

    Sun Microsystems will create an open-source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said Monday.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives have said

  • NAB to tie down tricky SOA

    The National Australia Bank (NAB) today said it had allocated resources to understanding the potential impact of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) concept on its technology operations.

  • Open-source details hold up Solaris release

    Sun Microsystems is planning the bold move of releasing the source code of its Solaris operating system, but those eager for details of the plan may have to wait until early 2005.

  • Sun preps Solaris 10 for Linux

    Sun Microsystems will build software into its forthcoming Solaris 10 version of Unix to run Linux applications unchanged.

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  • Open-source clan in spat with Sun

    A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.

  • Sun's open-source gamble

    Company president Jonathan Schwartz has ordered an open-source makeover. Can it put Sun back on the right course after continuous periods of revenue decline?

  • 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.

  • Open source's next frontier

    Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.

  • Google files for unusual US$2.7b IPO

    Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Friday, seeking to raise US$2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.

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