Sun Microsystems has quietly begun seeking official open-source status for a new software license that likely will be used to govern its Solaris operating system. But the license may inhibit ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. On Tuesday, Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce that it ...

There are people who believe in the doctrine of social or historical inevitability: that, when the time is right and no earlier, several people will independently invent what turns out to be a crucial ...