about 3 days ago - No comments
Today I found that Jonathan Schwartz has tweeted about his resignation as Sun CEO. Due to the new control to Oracle. Schwartz sent following memo to his employees. Jonathan is an avid blogger used to blog on blogs.sun.com/jonathan.
He also tweeted about his last blog post on Sun.com, saying “Where Life Takes Me Next“.
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about 1 week ago - 8 comments
Just found that sun.com is now redirecting to oracle.com. Some days back I visited Sun’s original website. But it didn’t took long by Oracle to make it red. Well I am a regular visitor of Sun forums. And with this change, I am trying to adjust myself with this transition. As I am having some More >
about 1 week ago - 3 comments
Its been a year since I purchased the voucher for SCJP 5.0. But I cant concentrate to have time to prepare it. From last night I have taken the oath to finally make it done. I have started with the book SCJP Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5 Study Guide (Exam 310-055) by Kathy Sierra More >
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
Just found on Oracle website that they have placed a message for Sun customers about their objectives and their focus on Solaris and SPARC. And more interestingly you can find Larry Elison (CEO of Oracle) challenging IBM to compete in hardware business. A marketing tactic.
Picture reference: oracle.com/features/suncustomers.html
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
When I came to know that Sun is giving away the opportunity to sign up for newly launched SCJP i.e. Sun Java Programmer Plus certification. I registered for it. According to them Selected candidates will be given the opportunity to appear in beta test for free. But still they have this announcement on their website.
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about 8 months ago - 3 comments
Sun Microsystems has unleashed Java Store at store.java.com. The purpose of this store is to give opportunities to developers to make money by showcasing their Java applications. Which they care about and develop in their own time. Currently store is in beta and available for US residents only.
Sun chief executive Jonathan Schwartz and Java creator More >
about 9 months ago - 3 comments
SUN Forums are ultimate source to get help about programming problems and support about Java platform. Its the largest community driven by Java developers. If you are a Java developer then you must have used these forums. You guys will be aware of Duke dollar. You assign duke dollars to your topic (to attract others More >
about 9 months ago - 1 comment
SUN Microsystems has launched again the free retake offer for certification exams. SUN announced this deal last year too. And those people who missed this opportunity last year, this time they can grab this deal. Before registering for certification, SUN suggest to complete a assessment test available here.
This offer is valid in all countries where More >
about 9 months ago - 6 comments
On 20th April Oracle has eaten up another company. SUN Microsystems which was dangling around in the corridors of IBM, now at last got settled with Oracle on price of approximately $7.4 Billion in equity value or $9.50 per share in cash. Both companies have been collaborating in Java platform and have strategic relationships. Oracle More >
about 2 years ago - No comments
Netbeans 6 is now available to download, with more editor enhancements and language support. As an open source IDE and rich client platform, Netbeans 6 is an excellent step forward for Sun.
Wow! A hot news I came across here and here today. Sun is going to acquire the open source icon MySQL. It can be a big leap for open source community as SUN is also providing a big platform independent language and now it also will have most popular open source database too.
about 2 years ago
Although my initial reaction with the acquisition was negative, but I think in the long run, MySQL will be better off as SUN has an excellent track record with Open Source Software.
I think SUN would be smart and not try and merge JavaDB and MySQL, but it seems like a likely step.
Overall its a very nice step, and its good to see the recent (since 2006) resurgence of open source development platforms and OS’s.