James Gosling initiated the Java language project in June 1991 for use in one of his many set-top box projects. The language, initially called Oak after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling’s office, also went by the name Green … Continue reading →

europa.eu : The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of US hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems Inc. by Oracle Corporation, a US enterprise software company. After an in-depth examination, launched in September 2009 … Continue reading →

The number of public administrations in Belgium that use the open source office productivity suite OpenOffice is rising steadily. And with it the use of the open document format ODF. OVAM, Flanders’ Public Waste Agency, already adapted its back office … Continue reading →

  Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems may not have yet been completely finalised, but other than some concern from the European Commission about the future of MySQL, it’s certainly looking that way. News website CNET discusses an advertisement which Oracle … Continue reading →

Sun may have the MySQL name, but every one has its open-source code and MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius is taking the popular open-source DBMS (database management system) and forking it in a new directions.

Interview with  Oracle’s CEO Larry Ellison What Oracle will do with Sun’s open source products and initiatives, it does make very clear that Oracle will retain and extend Sun’s hardware business, focusing on “designing hardware and software to work together.” … Continue reading →

Is Oracle going to kill MySQL and integrate anything it can use from it into its DB? Or is it going to ask everyone to pay for MySQL?

To install Java runtime enverinment in fedora or Linpus, please folow the instructions below.

-=Step-by-Step Sun Directory Server Installation for Solaris 10=-

There is every little chance that one loses or rather forgets the root password of his Sun Solaris servers.