Add Sun's Java server software suite to the company's list of open-source candidates.
Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.
Sun Microsystems' Java is now officially an open-source project mostly.
Sun Microsystems intends to commence open-sourcing Java by the end of this year and complete the process in 2007, according to the company's executive vice president of software, Rich Green.
Sun Microsystems will open-source Java, it just has to figure out how to do it, company executives said on Tuesday.
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Sun Microsystems will release a free version of its Java application server, a move designed to encourage more developers to build programs on the software foundation.
Sun Microsystems is grappling with applying an open-source philosophy to its Java software as the company weighs risks and benefits over whether it should jump in further or not. But some experts are suggesting a middle ground.
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The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
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