Business leaders often assume that overhauling existing or implementing new ERP software is expensive and does not lead to high returns on investment. This is not necessarily true, according to Diogo ...

Sun Microsystems has followed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open-source flavor with a similar promise for its Java technology. Raghavan Srinivas, Java ...

A day after Sun chief Scott McNealy says "open source is our friend," a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy calls on the company to open Java code. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Two leading open source ERP players are working to expand their solutions and partner ecosystems. On Wednesday, Compiere, a Redwood Shores, Calif. company whose management is comprised of many ex ...

While acknowledging obstacles remain, a Sun official on Tuesday left open the possibility that Sun might offer its Java programming language under an open source format. While acknowledging obstacles ...

For those focusing on small manufacturing operations, one of the best ERP solutions comes from OpenMFG. Over the past couple of years, the open-source ERP vendor has built a small but healthy ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive ...

A Sun executive said Tuesday said the company is “months” away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license. Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer for Sun, ...