IN THE OPINION of most observers, Java owns the enterprise software market. It achieved that ownership primarily through the worthwhile efforts of heavyweights Sun Microsystems, IBM, and BEA Systems.

When I left you last time it was Beat Up Sun Microsystems Day. It’s always painful when that time of year comes around — I’d love to see a strong, healthy Sun as much as anyone. But since the ...

Microsoft Corp.’s lawyers yesterday pecked away at Sun Microsystems Inc.’s claim that it needs a judge to level the Web services playing field, suggesting that Sun’s actions — rather than Microsoft’s ...

Project Harmony debuted last Friday, appearing as a formal proposal on an Apache email discussion list. The proposal lists 12 founding members, including both U.S.-based and overseas developers active ...

Three vulnerabilities have been found in the Sun Java Web Proxy Server. The flaws could be exploited in a denial-of-service attack against the affected machine. Sun has released Version 3.6 Service ...

Two weeks ago, the chief executives at Oracle and Sun Microsystems united on stage to tout their partnership, but already the two companies aren't seeing eye to eye on one issue. The companies differ ...