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Java officially open source on the Internet
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Java officially open source on the Internet

Sun Microsystems announced that most of Java's source code, except for its non-proprietary code packages, has been released for free on the Internet, as part of this imp…

December 13, 2018
Solaris 10 operating system won creative awards
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Solaris 10 operating system won creative awards

Solaris 10 operating system of Sun Microsystems applied Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) technology, was awarded the leading creative award by Wall Street Journal.

December 13, 2018
Sun began developing the new Niagara 3 chip version
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Sun began developing the new Niagara 3 chip version

Sun Microsystems engineers have begun designing the Niagara 3 chip, a new member of the Sparc family, built on a 45nm technology line with multiple cores and supporting…

December 13, 2018
Sun: Java will be compatible with Vista
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Sun: Java will be compatible with Vista

Sun Microsystems has just said its next version of Java Standard Edition (SE) will be very compatible with Windows Vista operating system.

December 13, 2018
IBM raised the speed of Power6 chip to 5.0GHz
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IBM raised the speed of Power6 chip to 5.0GHz

The processor (processor) for the Big Blue's latest server has a speed far behind competing CPUs from Intel and Sun. IBM said that despite its high frequency, the chip w…

December 13, 2018
Sun's 2-generation Niagara chip
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Sun's 2-generation Niagara chip

The August 23 announcement by Sun Microsystems said its Niagara 2 chip will be able to run 64 scripts simultaneously, twice the processing power of other high-end chips.

December 13, 2018
Later this year, Sun will
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Later this year, Sun will

Sun Microsystems will announce Java source code in October this year

December 13, 2018
Sun is about to announce Java source code
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Sun is about to announce Java source code

Sun Microsystems has announced it will release the Java programming language under an open source license in the next few months. However, according to Sun's open source…

December 12, 2018
Sun announced the second test version of Java 6
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Sun announced the second test version of Java 6

On June 21, Sun Microsystems announced the second test version (Beta 2) of Java 6 - the software's next-generation development language for Web 2.0 programmers.

December 12, 2018
The first virus appeared in StarOffice
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The first virus appeared in StarOffice

The new malicious program was discovered in the Sun Microsystems software package that was not distributed with malicious intent. However, the virus code could be modifi…

December 12, 2018