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Sun jumps to Linux 5.0
News As part of Sun's move to introduce a budget Linux-based server, the company will also make available its own secure distribution of the open-source Linux operating system, for which it plans to provide full support.
[August 13, 2002, 10:35]
Sun: computing service providers are the future
News The way Sun Microsystems sees things, Moore's Law divides the computer technology market into two parts: those who will buy computers and those who will rent computing services from the first group. Sun is aiming its products at the first market...
[October 26, 2006, 9:35]
Sun claims major chip breakthrough
News Later today, Sun, based in Palo Alto, California, will disclose its plans for a microprocessor with a radical new architecture designed to handle complex graphics, voice and video, challenging Intel Corp.and other chip makers in the fast-growing...
[August 2, 1999, 13:41]
Sun, Netscape try out online trading
News The new Sun-Netscape Alliance this week will branch out into the online trading community business. Sun Microsystems Inc.and Netscape Communications Corp.plan to roll out the Sun-Netscape Supplier Network at the Internet and Electronic Commerce...
[April 27, 1999, 7:00]
Sun tries to lure HP customers
News Hewlett-Packard has delayed one Unix server improvement and backed away from another, while rival Sun Microsystems is responding with a promotion to try to lure customers affected by the situation. The idea is to get them to move off (AlphaServer...
[November 11, 2003, 9:45]
Sun: Free Java for Windows XP
News Sun Microsystems announced plans Monday to make its new Java Virtual Machine for Microsoft's Windows XP available as a free download. Sun says the new JVM will also offer new multimedia and animation support as well as enhanced performance, among...
[November 6, 2001, 11:09]
Sun brings UltraSparc IV to low-end servers
News Sun Microsystems wants to distinguish its future servers by fitting them with new chips that get their jobs done more efficiently. The computer maker got that ball rolling with its UltraSparc IV chip, a dual-core processor that came out in March...
[September 13, 2004, 8:00]
Sun sets up open-source Solaris project
News Sun Microsystems will create an open-source project around its Solaris 10 operating system by the end of the year, company executives said on Monday. Through the initiative, Sun engineers, partners and other programmers will be able to contribute...
[September 14, 2004, 11:05]
A Year Ago: Sun and IBM tie the knot with JavaOS for business
News Sun Microsystems and IBM have confirmed they will work together on a Java-based operating system for business network computing. IBM will offer JavaOS for Business on high-end Network Station NCs early in 1999 while Sun intends to migrate users of...
[April 6, 1999, 7:02]
Sun's plans...and how they could go wrong
Talkback i wish sun would die and leave red hat alone.fuck i could live without sun i only use java for online pr0n anyways.
[September 27, 2004, 10:23]
Sun exec: Future cloud apps will not need humans
Video Lew Tucker, vice president and chief technology officer of cloud computing at Sun, foresees applications that are entirely self-sufficient. Humans will be able to set boundaries, of course, but will no longer be needed to turn servers, or anything...
[August 25, 2009, 11:48]
Sun's UltraSparc III charges up
News More than a year after its introduction, Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc III chip passed a key milestone, becoming the most widely shipped Sun processor. In the past quarter, for the first time, we are shipping more UltraSparc III than UltraSparc II...
[January 17, 2002, 13:53]
Sun says new chip doubles speed
News Sun Microsystems will announce on Monday that its upcoming UltraSparc IV processor will outperform its predecessor by a factor of 1.6 to 2, providing more competition to Intel, IBM, Advanced Micro Devices and others.
[October 13, 2003, 8:40]
Sun: Open source is about self-interest
News Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference, Sun Microsystems' chief open-source officer, Simon Phipps, said that open source had been focused for too long on sharing code instead of what he called "the enrichment of the commons".
[June 28, 2006, 14:10]
US Report: Sun says HP walks 'funny line' with Java
News JavaSoft Vice President, Jim Mitchell said Sun Microsystems and Hewlett Packard are pursuing "completely parallel paths" with embedded Java, and there is no danger that Java will be fragmented. HP has reversed Sun's process by shipping an...
[May 19, 1998, 11:19]
Sun and allies promote Java for servers
News Sun Microsystems touted the server-based version of its Java software at a press conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, just two weeks before Microsoft is set to release rival technology. Five months ago, Sun released the latest version of Java 2...
[January 30, 2002, 12:34]
Sun starts work on Niagara 3
News Sun engineers have begun designing Niagara 3, a second sequel to the company's ambitious lower-end processor. John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun's server division, confirmed the development in an interview here on Tuesday and suggested it...
[October 19, 2006, 9:50]
Sun delays Solaris 9 for Intel chips
News Sun Microsystems on Tuesday delayed plans to release an Intel-compatible version of its forthcoming Solaris 9 operating system, the latest slight in a long and often edgy relationship between the two companies.
[January 9, 2002, 9:23]
Sun's loss better than expected
News Sun Microsystems on Thursday reported a narrower-than-expected second-quarter loss, as the company seeks to improve its operations. Sun reported revenue of $2.9bn (£1.6bn) for the period ending 28 December, slightly down from $2.91bn from a year ago.
[January 16, 2004, 14:10]
Sun rents out StarOffice
News Sun Microsystems plans to sell Japanese customers a subscription version of its StarOffice productivity software, Sun executives announced on Thursday. To date, Sun has primarily distributed the software through traditional retail and volume...
[January 16, 2004, 7:25]
