I got an interesting comment in response to last week's blog on desktop Linux in which the person refered to Stephen Shankland's CNET news report from June of 2005 entitled: "Sun steps back from ...

Every dollar schools and universities spend on expensive, proprietary software is a dollar less spent on education. So it is really no surprise that schools and universities worldwide have embraced ...

Sun Microsystems plans to launch an Enterprise Edition of its StarOffice software in 2004 that will feature better management and a tie-in to network services. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

The second version of Java Desktop System will debut on Tuesday with extra features to lure developers. It's the latest part of Sun's effort to offset its server sales slump. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Sun's Java Desktop System for Linux hit the streets in December. However, the company doesn't expect to deliver its server stack and tools for Linux until later this year. Simon Phipps, chief ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is pulling back plans to market and sell its Linux-based desktop operating system and is considering giving the technology to the open-source community, the company quietly ...

BERLIN – Sun Microsystems Inc. has just rolled out its first Linux-based desktop software and is working to secure deals with governments and businesses to deploy it, but the company isn’t targeting ...

Taking the per-employee pricing model it introduced last September a great leap forward, Sun Microsystems Inc. last week said it’s readying a per-citizen licensing plan for countries using its Java ...

Most Linux distributions do not preinstall Java-based deployment and development environments. Installing and configuring them is often left to administrators, and if there are many different versions ...

LAS VEGAS--Sun Microsystems introduced Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron into its server family and announced a deal in China that's expected to boost its Linux desktop software. As expected, Sun Chief ...

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