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The Register | November 11, 2009
SAP slams <strike>Oracle</strike> Sun's control of Java
...in Developer, 11th November 2009 19:58 GMT SAP has criticized Sun Microsystems for its control of the group that drives Java, just as rival Oracle is poised to take full control of the body. In a blog posting, the company's chief...
In this article: Java, SAP, Oracle, JCP, Java Virtual Machine, Encumbrance, Apache Software Foundation, and IBM
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Centre Daily Times | 6 days ago
Sun Extends HPC Leadership with New Customers and Breakthrough Performance Results, Delivers Fastest Storage System on the Planet
...StorageTek, Sun Fire, Sun Blade, Sun Ultra, OpenSolaris and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All SPARC...
In this article: Trademark, Customer, Fluent, Lustre, Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, Sun Constellation System, National Cheng Kung University, and Advanced Micro Devices
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Yahoo! News | 4 days ago
Making money from open source: Still an issue (InfoWorld)
...contributor or how to contact them," said Ford. Also during the session, de Icaza downplayed concerns about Oracle owning Java via its planned acquisition of Java founder Sun Microsystems. Java is now "the property of the human race," said...
In this article: Miguel de Icaza, Microsoft, Novell, InfoWorld, Mono, Java, and MySQL
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washingtonpost.com | November 05, 2009
Updates for Adobe's Shockwave, Sun's Java
Updates for Adobe's Shockwave, Sun's Java Sun Microsystems has issued an update to its Java software that fixes at least one security vulnerability. Separately, Adobe is pushing out a patch to plug four security holes in its Shockwave...
In this article: Java, Adobe, Office software, and Microsoft
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Computer World | November 03, 2009
Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes IDG News Service - Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products. The patches were issued separately on Tuesday, with Sun...
In this article: BlackBerry, Java, Research In Motion, and Microsoft
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CNN | November 10, 2009
Stocks poised for a dip
...and 2,500 jobs in a bid to lower costs. The European Commission has objected to Oracle's (ORCL, Fortune 500) proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems (JAVA, Fortune 500), which could threaten the deal. World markets: Global markets were mostly...
In this article: Dow Jones Industrial Average, ORCL, Java, Cnnmoney.com, National Association of Realtors, Sprint Nextel, S&P 500, and Nasdaq
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CNET News.com | November 10, 2009
SAP wants an open Java process (pot, meet kettle)
...openness of Java and the Java Community Process (JCP). To date, the JCP is heavily dominated by Sun Microsystems which was not always to the benefit of all parties interested in Java. Java is the lifeblood of the IT industry, and IT is a...
In this article: SAP, Java, JCP, Alfresco, CNET, Encumbrance, Windows computers, and E mail
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Sun and Apache: the Java scars that endure
...have been this harmonious - or pain free. Among the scars aired Tuesday: Early work on XML that was dogged by politics as Java, middleware, and server rivals IBM and Sun Microsystems butted heads. Ted Leung, previously the ASF's vice...
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ziffdavis | November 12, 2009
Carbonite, Seagate Hook Up for Coordinated Local, Online File Backup
Carbonite has been creative in its sales and marketing methods. In July, the Boston-based company hooked up with Sun Microsystems to provide its service via Java downloads. Users who download new or updated Java networking software for a...
In this article: Customer, Java, All rights reserved, Trademark, and Boston
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) is a multinational vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (part of Silicon Valley), on the former west campus of the Agnews Developmental Center.
Products include computer servers and workstations based on its own SPARC processors as well as AMD's Opteron and Intel's Xeon processors; storage systems; and, a suite of software products including the Solaris Operating System, developer tools, Web infrastructure software, and identity management applications. Other technologies of note include the Java platform, MySQL and NFS.
Sun is a proponent of open systems in general and Unix in particular, and a major contributor to open source software.
On April 20, 2009, Sun and Oracle Corporation announced that they entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun for $7.4 billion. The deal is still pending, with no date yet given for its completion.
Sun's manufacturing facilities are located in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA and Linlithgow, Scotland.
- Name:
- Sun Microsystems
- Type:
- Public (NASDAQ: JAVA)
- Location City:
- Santa Clara, California
- Location Country:
- United States
- Founded:
- 1982
- Stock Symbol (NASDAQ):
- JAVA
- Industry:
- Diversified computer systems
- Key People:
- Scott McNealy
- Products:
- Computer servers, workstations, storage, software, and services
- Revenue:
- US$13.880 billion (FY08)
- Operating Income:
- US$372 million (FY08)
- Net Income:
- US$403 million (FY08)
- No. of Employees:
- 33,350 (2008)
- Motto:
- The Network is the Computer
- Market Cap:
- US$5.8 billion (2009)
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