Java steward Sun Microsystems is proposing changes to the standardization process for the programming language to create greater visibility and participation. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...
The long-running battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems over the Java programming language escalated Thursday, as Microsoft issued a terse response to a Sun ad campaign that ran last week.
It’s no surprise that Sun is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open source license. In all the open sourcing of its software to date ...