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NewsWire: More companies embrace open source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 27, 1999

“Yesterday, Sun officially released the source code for Java 2,
the next-generation of its cross-platform development
language.”

“Platinum Technology is also moving to an open source base for
one of its products”

“The troubled company, which earlier this week announced it was
sacking 1,000 staff worldwide, plans to offer the source for its 3D
visualisation tools to the World Wide Web Consortium”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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