Motorola Tuesday announced its plans to establish a Java ME open-source community for the mobile devices industry, voicing a hope to stem the fragmentation of the Java mobile platform. While Sun ...

Java Micro Edition, a mobile platform, will also eventually be open source, Phipps said. Sun is sorting through the code to ensure it has the proper rights to make it open source.

Sun Microsystems Inc. has decided to make its Java software available on an open-source basis, part of the company's effort to keep current with a technology trend that has changed how programs ...