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    Sun Microsystems' current advantages mean it should be able return to revenue growth and profit, Chief Executive Scott McNealy said on Wednesday in his latest attempt to restore Wall Street optimism about the server and software company.

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    Oracle will expand its support for Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based Unix servers, bringing a version of its E-Business Suite to market by the end of the year, the software giant said on Thursday.

  • Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

    A top Red Hat executive has attacked the open-source credentials of its sometime business partner Sun Microsystems.

  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Sun Australia declines to comment on prospective job cuts

    Sun Microsystems Australia today declined to reveal whether Australian employees would lose their jobs as part of a likely global initiative to reduce the company's workforce.

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    Scott McNealy sees glory days ahead for new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Are they cut from the same cloth?

  • Buying StorageTek: Sun's last big gamble?

    Sun's $4.1 billion buyout of StorageTek is a huge bet: It's the last cash deal that size Sun will be able to make.

  • Is Java cooling off?

    Sun tries to quell dissension among Java backers while fending off Microsoft. Is Sun really losing control of the Java franchise? Additional reading: Sun: Open-source Java will happen

  • Risking it all on Salesforce.com?

    Pat Sueltz, president of marketing, technology and systems at Salesforce.com, discusses why she considered the hosted CRM firm a sure enough bet to leave her successful post at Sun Microsystems.

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    Sun isn't the first company to hawk a Linux desktop PC, but armed with its considerable enterprise clout, Sun may actually succeed where others have failed.

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    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Microsoft Word: How you can live without it

    Commentary: Yes, you do have alternatives. But the differences between WordPerfect, OpenOffice.org's Writer, and MS Word are very minor. Let me explain why you might--or might not--want to switch.

  • Office not so suite

    You may not believe this, but Microsoft thinks we're biased...against Microsoft. But if reactions to our office suite review are anything to go by, our readers disagree.

  • OpenOffice.org takes on Microsoft Office

    The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception--so much so that it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. See how this open source application fares against the Goliath Microsoft Office suite.

  • Annoying software: a rogues' gallery

    Here are ten of the guilty parties who try to do the impossible: to make us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented -- and who very nearly succeed.

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