Oracle Linux and open source news

Java development critical to Oracle Fusion strategy

2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

For developers, Oracle's Fusion Middleware 11g rollout on Wednesday emphasizes Java technologies, particularly the company's JDeveloper IDE, along with concepts including declarative programming and ALM (application lifecycle management).

NetBeans IDE enhanced for teams, scripting

2009-06-29T00:00:00Z

etBeans, the open source IDE championed by Sun Microsystems, is being fitted with additional capabilities this week for development teams and scripting languages.

Sun shareholders will vote on Oracle deal on July 16

2009-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sun Microsystems has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for July 16 for a vote on whether to accept Oracle's US$7.4 billion proposal to buy the company. Sun's board has unanimously recommended the transaction go through.

Oracle-Sun deal renews calls for OpenOffice's independence

2009-04-28T00:00:00Z

Oracle's purchase of Sun last week is reviving calls for Sun's open-source OpenOffice.org suite to be spun out into an independent foundation.

Users: Oracle has lots of questions to answer about Sun deal

2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. is raising questions among users on, well, just about every aspect of the deal.

Experts: Oracle and MySQL do not create a database monopoly

2009-04-20T00:00:00Z

Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. will bring together the world's most valuable relational database with the most popular open source one -- MySQL.

Sun fights for Java, but not alone

Jon Brodkin — 2009-01-28T00:00:00Z

Sun Microsystems has recently indicated that it will leverage its stake in Java technology, and that it sees a future in software. Some question the company's relevance to Java, however, and resent its hold on the Java Community Process. Jon Brodkin reports for JavaWorld on Sun's struggle to redefine its place in an evolving Java ecosystem.

Oracle, Red Hat spar over Linux

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

It was nearly two years ago at the 2006 Oracle OpenWorld conference that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison unveiled a plan to have Oracle provide support to Red Hat's own Linux customers.

Ellison pitches high-speed data warehouse server

James Niccolai — 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Oracle saved the biggest news for last at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. CEO Larry Ellison took the stage Wednesday afternoon to announce two hardware products developed with Hewlett-Packard that are designed to provide very high performance for data warehousing applications.

Oracle to make new push for government business

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

Oracle is planning to launch iGovernment, a product initiative aimed at the public sector, at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco next week.