As the chief open-source officer at Sun Microsystems, Simon Phipps spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the MySQL acquisition, and community engagement on OpenOffice.org and OpenSolaris.
A standardised test on knowledge of security programming may soon be on the way for software developers.
Sun Microsystems will begin releasing significant open-source Java components this year and also will extend the collaborative strategy to the gadget version of the software technology.
Sun Microsystems plans to alter its licensing to make it easier to bundle Java Runtime Environment with Linux.
Open-source middleware consortium ObjectWeb has announced the Petals project, a step forward for its year-old Enterprise Service Bus initiative.
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