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SAMP makes sense for SunPosted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on Feb 13, 2007 8:38 AM
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Sun's transformation into an open source company continued today with its launch of what it calls a SAMP stack. [Read the rest]

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Posted by David Berlind in Between the Lines on: Nov 13, 2006 11:54 AM
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Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Nov 13, 2006 5:02 AM
Java may be free under GPL -- but end-to-end development remains the holy grail
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Posted by Dana Gardner in BriefingsDirect on: Nov 13, 2006 4:32 AM
As Stallman looks on, Sun frees Java under the GPL
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Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Nov 12, 2006 9:01 PM
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