The long-running battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems over the Java programming language escalated Thursday, as Microsoft issued a terse response to a Sun ad campaign that ran last week.

A court order forcing Microsoft to distribute Sun Microsystems' Java software is necessary to preserve competition, Sun told a federal appeals court in a legal brief. Sun is trying to convince the 4th ...

Microsoft Corp.’s lawyers yesterday pecked away at Sun Microsystems Inc.’s claim that it needs a judge to level the Web services playing field, suggesting that Sun’s actions — rather than Microsoft’s ...

Burlingame, Calif. — Officials from Microsoft and Sun Microsystems debated the merits of their companies’ respective Web services development platforms Wednesday, with a Microsoft executive taking a ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems made a filing to a federal appeals court on Tuesday laying out its objections to Microsoft’s request for more time to include Java technology in Windows operating ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. is taking a page from Microsoft Corp.’s security group and changing the way it updates Java for the desktop. On Tuesday, Sun announced that it will start providing advance ...

Sun is betting on JXTA (JuXTApose), an open-source technology being developed by the Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor under the JXTA Project, a Sun-funded initiative devoted to developing peer-to-peer ...

WASHINGTON - A federal judge today formally ordered Microsoft Corp. to distribute Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language in its Windows operating system. The order by U.S. District Judge J.

Sun Microsystems has launched new software tools to bolster its Web services strategy. Sun executives said Friday that the company has released a starter kit, which features a tutorial and development ...

On Tuesday, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant and its archrival, Sun Microsystems, announced an agreement under which Microsoft will continue support for the Microsoft's Java Virtual ...