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    Sun Microsystems has offered a glimpse of their Australian development partner arrangements to delegates at one of country's top Linux events where open-source gurus faced questions from software developers.

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    Sun Microsystems plans to release its next version of StarOffice in July, bringing new compatibility with its chief competitor, Microsoft Office.

  • OpenOffice celebrates anniversary by squashing bug

    The fifth anniversary of the OpenOffice.org launch seemed like a good day to release version 2.0 of the open-source office software suite, but a last-minute bug forced a delay.

  • Sun to offer more free software

    Sun Microsystems said on Wednesday that it will offer free access to its Java server suite and N1 management software and bundle them with its Solaris operating system.

  • Sun mulls buying Novell

    Sun Microsystems is toying with the idea of buying Linux seller Novell, saying that springing for the US$2.64 billion company would hurt rival IBM.

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    The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.

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    Sun has spent so much time on its efforts against Linux and Microsoft that its products may be suffering. One engineer took his concerns about Java's implementation on Solaris public.

  • Torvalds starts locking down next Linux

    Linux leader Linus Torvalds is moving development of the upcoming 2.6 kernel to a new phase.

  • D'oh and un-d'oh: 4 disaster recovery solutions

    Everyone needs backups, but how do you recover a server quickly? We look at some of the options available for snapshot backup and other disaster recovery techniques.

  • Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step

    Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.

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