Putting intellectual property into the hands of the open source community is rapidly becoming accepted as an alternative to killing a product. When CA released the Ingres source code to open source ...

Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...

When Zaharia started work on Spark around 2010, analyzing "big data" generally meant using MapReduce, the Java-based ...

Sun releases open-source Java mobile kit By Mobile World Live Sun Microsystems is to make available an open-source version of its Java Mobile Edition (ME) technology in a bid to ramp-up development of ...

This story was originally published on CIO Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily CIO Dive newsletter. Software license management gaps cost companies millions in ...

The 30th anniversary of Java, which the Java community is celebrating this year, offers a perfect opportunity to reflect on the remarkable changes the ecosystem has undergone. In this article, I aim ...

A new survey reveals that nearly 80% of ITAM and SAM professionals are moving away from Oracle Java, citing cost hikes, audit risks, and licensing confusion as key drivers. Nearly 8 in 10 ...

Two software researchers recently demonstrated how modern AI tools can reproduce entire open-source projects, creating ...