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    Open-source Java software company JBoss Group said on Monday that it will participate in the Sun Microsystems-controlled process that dictates the technical direction of Java software.

  • IBM, JBoss eye new Java plan

    IBM and open-source Java software company JBoss Group are in discussions to spearhead a Java standardisation effort aimed at cooling off the growing popularity of Microsoft's C# language.

  • Microsoft and Eclipse cosy up on Java

    Microsoft will begin collaborating with the Eclipse Foundation to improve native Windows application development on Java.

  • Red Hat scoops up JBoss for US$350m

    Linux distributor Red Hat said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy open-source company JBoss for at least US$350 million, a move that expands Red Hat's product line and adds to its growth potential.

  • Clash over Java standard heats up

    Upstart JBoss Group will soon debut a new release of its popular open-source application server software amid a growing dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java standard compliance.

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  • Clash over Java standard heats up

    Upstart JBoss Group will soon debut a new release of its popular open-source application server software amid a growing dispute with Sun Microsystems over Java standard compliance.

  • Linux: Who got it right, who got it very wrong?

    Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.

  • Apache group aims at J2EE applications

    The Apache Software Foundation launches a project to develop Web application software based on Sun's Java.

  • Open source Java route yields big savings

    What do you do when the heterogeneity of your IT infrastructure and your OS-specific legacy deployments are standing in the way of true progress?

  • What's wrong with Java

    IBM's software chief Steve Mills says a more democratic standards process would benefit everyone -- even Sun.

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