---

Home IT Management

Is Open Source The Stock Flavor of the Month?

By

“In a bid to boost its stock price, Sun Microsystems changed its
ticker symbol Monday to JAVA.

“The market’s reaction? That’s fine, kid, here’s a quarter. From
the time of the announcement on Thursday through its Tuesday peak
shares gained about 25 cents. That may not sound like much, but
with 3.66 billion shares outstanding it’s about $900
million…”

Complete
Story

Get the Free Newsletter!

Subscribe to Developer Insider for top news, trends, & analysis

Must Read

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Our Brands

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.