Free Software Linux

Sun Microsystems is in talks with two more Linux projects to ensure its open source software and tools are delivered straight into the hands of developers.

Sun Microsystems is to open-source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions.

Automattic gets a US $29.5M round of Series B funding. Alfresco secures a US $9M round of Series C funding. Sun Microsystems pays a cool US $1 Billion for MySQL. What's the common thread?

Sun Microsystems has purchased MySQL and released Java under the GPL. Chief executive Jonathan Schwartz has also speculated that there could be a future release of Solaris under the GPL, but what would be the implications of such a move?