Apple dropped ZFS support from Mac OS X because of licensing problems?
Online sources claim that Apple decided to drop support for ZFS file system because of potential licensing problems with Sun Microsystems.
Sun had developed this file system for their Solaris platform. It was supposed to be supported in the latest edition of Mac [...]
Oracle asked to sell MySQL
Open Source activist Richard Stallman has called on Oracle to sell MySQL which they are gaining as part of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Richard Stallman along with Knowledge Ecology International and Open Rights Group have asked the European Commission to force Oracle to sell this open source database product before [...]
Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems approved by Justice Department
Database industry giant Oracle has said that their acquisition of Sun Microsystems has now received the approval from the Justice Department in the USA.
They are now waiting for approval by the European Commission.
The acquisition deal has been facing issues because of the involvement of technologies [...]
Apple fixes Java bugs for Mac OS X users
Apple has finally released the latest updates to Java for the Mac OS X.
This update fixes the bugs in Java that are now months old.
Apple has been repeatedly criticized by security experts for being slow with Java updates for the Apple Mac users.
Sun Microsystems has [...]
Sun Microsystems announce Java Store
Sun Microsystems has announced the launch of their Java Store.
The company said that this new store would connect developers with millions of Java app users.
This store has been created using JavaFX technology.
It would soon be made available to millions of Java users who would be able to purchase content [...]
Larry Ellison wants Java to be everywhere!
Oracle is in the process of acquiring Sun Microsystems.
This would give them the ownership of Java technology which is already pretty popular on the web and mobile devices.
Oracle boss Larry Ellison has now said that they have big plans with the Java language.
They want to see it being [...]
Java bug revealed as Apple delays fix for Mac OS X
Apple has been criticized for being slow with updates related to Java on Mac OS X platform.
As a result, a security researcher has made public the attack code that exploits the flaw.
Sun Microsystems has already updated the Java releases for other platforms.
Landon [...]
Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems
Rumors in the market had claimed that IBM was in talks with Sun Microsystems. The talks reportedly did not materialize.
The latest news in the market is that Oracle has now announced their decision to acquire Sun Microsystems.
The deal is worth around $7.4-billion.
This would further strengthen Oracle as they compete [...]
Open Cloud Platform launched by Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems has announced the launch of its own cloud computing platform named Open Cloud Platform.
Sun Microsystems’ Open Cloud Platform is powered by Java, MySQL, OpenSolaris, and Open Storage software technologies.
The company also announced Sun Cloud which is their public cloud-computing service designed for developers and [...]
Snow Leopard Server to feature ZFS before Desktop edition?
AppleInsider has reported that Apple would first implement the expanded support for ZFS in the server edition of Mac OS X Snow Leopard before it is added to the desktop edition.
Mac OS X Leopard already has read only support for this new 128-bit file system which was [...]
