VARBusiness:How has your original vision for Java changed or evolved over the years? Any big surprises? A: The thing that's hard about that question is that there are just so many interesting things.

Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft. A browser ...

Sun Microsystems announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).