While Oracle and Sun Microsystems are hailing Oracle’s purchase of Sun as a big boost for Java, others are not so sure. Some with stake in the Java ecosystem are questioning what kind of control ...

The seeds for the infringement suit against Google and Android were sown at Sun, but it took Oracle's financial power to bring them to fruition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

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BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The Java computing language has finally proven to be the money-maker that Sun Microsystems always insisted it would be. Everyone, except perhaps Oracle shareholders, should be ...

Oracle may have had its hands full lately dealing with Java security issues, but the company’s aquisition of Java founder Sun Microsystems three years ago this month still has paid off, company ...

So here’s the deal. Oracle filed an infringement case against Google for the use of Java on its Android OS, seeking damages in the billions. Last week’s dramatic development put Google in a bad light ...