Tuesday, August 15, 2006 
Sun Microsystems launched a portal site for its Java programming language on Tuesday as the company inches closer to <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=23891">making the Java code open source,</A> a company executive said Tuesday. The Web site details the company's moves to open source the first bits of the Java Standard Edition implementation, known as the Java Development Kit, said Simon Phipps, Sun's chief open-source officer. It's also a forum for input on the best way to take Java to open source, he said.
