IBM is still under fire from Xinuos about 2003-era bytes.

Sun got closer to finally lifting the shades on the source code for its vaunted Solaris Unix-based operating system last week. The vendor said it would have Solaris code released to the Open Source ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. hopes that open-source Solaris will draw in new developers, new users and new growth opportunities. But the initial focus of the initiative may be more prosaic: device drivers.

After months of hinting about its intentions, Sun on Wednesday confirmed that it intends to release source code from its Solaris operating system under an open-source license. After months of hinting ...

The move is surprising in that Sun and Oracle have historically been close allies, with Oracle among the first to adopt Sun's Java language in its products. Now Sun is encouraging the use of ...

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s announcement this week that it plans to make Solaris an “open-source” operating system was met with mixed reactions from users and skepticism from open-source advocates. “I’m ...

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday will begin donating its Solaris clustering code to the open-source community, the latest move in the company’s ongoing strategy to eventually make all of its software ...