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Oracle signs Solaris deals with HP and Dell

...of OpenSolaris being returned to Oracle. Former Sun executive and OGB member Simon Phipps told ZDNet UK on Friday that Oracle had not yet responded... Read more

30 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

OpenSolaris board may quit over Oracle's silence

...such possibilities for "co-development" have not materialised, said former Sun executive Simon Phipps during Monday's meeting, according to published minutes. Phipps said in... Read more

14 July, 2010 by Matthew Broersma
Sun: We screwed up on open source

Sun: We screwed up on open source

...with the community in 2001-02. Sun's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, now concedes that was a period in which Sun "screwed up... Read more

24 June, 2008 by Chris Duckett
Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

...of the code — the portion not owned by Sun — was still closed. Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer at Sun, said: "We released under the... Read more

23 June, 2008 by Lana Kovacevic
Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Sun sheds light on its open-source future

Sun UK's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, has a high-profile role to play as the company aims... Read more

29 April, 2008 by Adrian Bridgwater

Big names drum up support for Asia Linux groups

...source and standards] Bob Sutor or Sun's [chief open-source officer] Simon Phipps," Yusof said. Denis Antipov, one of the first members of The... Read more

30 April, 2008 by Victoria Ho

Sun: Open-sourcing Java is 'done'

...to Java that they should release their components as open-source software, Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open-source officer, said at a panel discussion... Read more

10 May, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Java released under the GPL

...week, but there may still be surprise over its choice of licence. Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open source officer, told ZDNet UK that a... Read more

13 November, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Free speech, free beer and free software

...source. 21st century open source is not free. But it is liberating. Simon Phipps is the chief technology evangelist at Sun Microsystems. To have your... Read more

21 August, 2002 by Simon Phipps

Sun exec rallies behind GPLv3

...backed the third version of the GPL. Using his company's blog, Simon Phipps said that existing work towards GPLv3 had been "extraordinary and effective... Read more

5 December, 2006 by Richard Thurston
Sun: We screwed up on open source

Sun: We screwed up on open source

...with the community in 2001-02. Sun's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, now concedes that was a period in which Sun "screwed up... Read more

24 June, 2008
Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

Sun: Java to be 100 percent open by year's end

Chief open-source officer Simon Phipps expects all of the source code for Java to be under... Read more

23 June, 2008

What developers want from the cloud

...many standard Java frameworks," he said. Sun's chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, recently criticised Google's efforts, however. Phipps said in a blog... Read more

23 April, 2009 by Victoria Ho

Is Java's future Cloudy?

...particular is eager to get things fixed. Sun Microsystems' open source czar, Simon Phipps, raised the issue in his blog, prompted in part by Google... Read more

22 April, 2009

Sun kicks off JavaOne with OpenSolaris

...software distribution described by chief open-source officer at Sun Microsystems UK, Simon Phipps, this announcement brings together many of Sun’s recent efforts to... Read more

6 May, 2008

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