When it comes to operating systems, Microsoft, IBM and Apple aren’t the only mega-companies with all the knowledge. Sun, with its Solaris OS, has years of expertise with Unix-based operating systems.

Most Linux distributions do not preinstall Java-based deployment and development environments. Installing and configuring them is often left to administrators, and if there are many different versions ...

March 22, 2004 — Sun Microsystems is actively seeking an audience with the governments of developing countries like the Philippines, hoping to convince government officials to give open source a shot ...

Sun has slashed the cost of its Linux-based Java Desktop and Enterprise Systems in the hope of replacing Windows on the corporate desktop Sun is hoping to increase the penetration of Linux on the ...

Sun plans to release midyear the second version of its Java Desktop System, featuring new tools for centralized management of client systems — and a higher price tag. Sun plans to release midyear the ...

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun hopes the combo will attract custom system builders. John Fowler, Sun's CTO for Software, acknowledged, though, that the Java Desktop System would initially only exploit ...