Sun Microsystems and Canonical Ltd, a sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux project, announced the operating system will be supported on the Niagara platform in the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers.

Following the pledge of Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz to make Java open-source, others within the company are warning that incompatibilities could result. While this isn’t sure to happen, a Sun executive feels it is a strong possibility, and must be guarded against.

The 2006 version of the JavaOne Conference finished its run with a number of Calls to Action aimed at Java developers.

In a recent announcement, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz has pledged to make Java open-source code.

The Java Community Project Program Management Office disclosed the nominations for the 2006 JCP Program Annual Awards in five categories.

Sun Microsystem’s acquisition of Cobalt Networks in September 2000 has made it back into the headlines, as Sun files a lawsuit against former Cobalt and current Azul CEO Stephen DeWitt over theft of trade secrets and violation of a non-compete agreement.

When the hockey season began this year – after the lockout – the new salary cap shook up a lot of teams.

Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz has moved up to the CEO position vacated by Scott McNealy, who will stay on as chairman of the company.

Sun Microsystems plans to open source major elements of the Sun Java Studio Enterprise as a project on NetBeans.org. This new project will be released as the NetBeans Enterprise Pack.

It’s interesting being in the middle of a blogstorm. It causes interesting conversations, that’s for sure! (Even here in the halls at Microsoft).

News Corp’s British tabloid The Sun will offer various online services like blogging and media sharing through a “MySun” portal powered by MySpace.

Google has established an office on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University, the latest in its development of operations in Arizona.

Ahead of the Java One conference, Sun has begun accepting submissions to its fourth annual Duke’s Choice awards to recognize creative uses of Java technology.

Sun Microsystems announced the release of the Beta release of their new Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6). They called the effort Project Mustang. They’ve added some features and improved on others to improve developers’ Java experience.

Openwave announced they’re working with Sun Microsystems in a plan to develop new content for mobile phones. The plan will integrate Openwave’s XML-based MIDAS with sun’s Java ME and will provide standards-based tools and environments to create and deliver that content.

Sun Microsystems is shuffling around some things around the StorageTek division by switching from Bell Microproducts to Arrow Electronics’ MOCA division to move its product.

Google has a custom operating system in use internally, but will they have to share it when they outsource their server farms becomes the big question, at least if you believe what Sun Microsystems has to say.

Naked Conversations, that is. Heheh. Thanks to Tim Bray of Sun Microsystems for the nice review.

You know podcasting has now definitely entered the mainstream when two politicians – one a Prime Minister no less, and both leaders of their parties and members of the government – use the medium in conjunction with two national newspapers to convey particular messages to voters in the UK.

Investors in Sun Microsystems have another reason to be concerned about the company’s direction, as Sun plans to pay the initial license fee for Oracle Enterprise Edition database software on its high-end hardware.

In an interview for the Bacon’s Navigator, Sally Falkow writes that Jonathan Schwartz, President and COO of Sun Microsystems said that blogging had played a major role in the revitalization of Sun’s reputation.