Sun Microsystems has begun releasing an update for Solaris 8, its version of the Unix operating system, that can dish out Web pages faster and is easier to manage, the company said. Solaris 8 update ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Inc. rolled out the latest upgrade to its Solaris operating system yesterday, announcing a plan to add key middleware and management components that broaden the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Inc. officials offered a sneak peek into its Solaris operating system plans, touting incremental improvements in areas such as resource management that are expected to ...

Sun, which has never completely rebounded from the tech collapse in 2001, hopes the no-cost of Solaris 10 will not only attract customers but also expand the number of developers who write programs ...

At a panel Tuesday during Enterprise Linux Summit, Torvalds said Sun's efforts to open-source Solaris 10 according to the OSI-approved Community Development and Distribution License (CDDL) could give ...

Sun has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of ubiquity already enjoyed by Java. To come close to ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Sun Microsystems Inc. will continue to offer the Trusted Solaris version of its operating system as a separate product, a company official said Tuesday, trying to clear up any ...

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Sun Microsystems has gathered a handful of commitments and endorsements regarding its strategy to promote its Solaris operating system on servers that use Intel-compatible processors. Solaris for ...

Sun Tuesday made good on its promise to open source its Solaris operating system, releasing code for a diagnostic piece of the software and promising to have full, “buildable” code available in the ...

Sun will formally launch the next major release of its flagship Solaris operating system at a press event Nov. 15 at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif., company officials confirmed ...