Oracle’s commitment to invest in Java may mean it will go full-force at trying to make money off of Java, a path Sun has not pursued strongly. “I think that they will realize that they want as ...

Oracle, Sun grind MS into Java The two have developed a tool that will translate Microsoft-based software into Java software--hoping to snatch some Microsoft developers.

The seeds for the infringement suit against Google and Android were sown at Sun, but it took Oracle's financial power to bring them to fruition.

Sun Chairman Scott McNealy (left) with Oracle chief Larry Ellison. With the move- valued at $7.4 billion including Sun's debt - Oracle also becomes a full-fledged hardware player. Oracle has been ...

BURLINGAME, Calif. -- The Java computing language has finally proven to be the money-maker that Sun Microsystems always insisted it would be. Everyone, except perhaps Oracle shareholders, should ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems four years ago, it quickly and ruthlessly started tearing out the unprofitable stuff.

Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle's fastest growing business, is built on top of Sun's Java language and software.

In 2010, Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems -- the company that built Java -- and now that it controls the programming platform, it's accusing Google of patent and copyright infringement.

Oracle (ORCL) said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems (JAVA) for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges ...