Peter Yared, formerly of Sun and now CEO of ActiveGrid, posted an open letter to Sun President and COO Jonathan Schwartz regarding open sourcing Java on his blog. Here's the text: Long time no see!

update Sun Microsystems has confirmed plans to open-source key components of its Java platform by the end of this year. This follows an earlier commitment, pledged at the JavaOne developer conference ...

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It’s no surprise that Sun Microsystems is making its core Java platform freely available; what is somewhat unexpected is the vendor’s choice of open source license. In all the open sourcing of its ...

May 22, 2006—Among the biggest news stories at this week’s JavaOne conference was Sun Microsystems’ long-awaited announcement that it will be releasing the industry-standard Java programming language ...

Project Harmony aims to create version of Java desktop software with an open-source license--something Sun has resisted in the past. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will offer Java for free to widen distribution and adoption of the software platform among developers and companies using open- ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems four years ago, it quickly and ruthlessly started tearing out the unprofitable stuff. Sun was a company run by engineers, a Xerox-PARC-like outfit where a cool idea ...

Microsoft continues to make positive strides in the world of open source. The company once considered open source software to be an anathema, but now it’s common for Microsoft to pull software ...