Sun Microsystems Inc., the world’s third-largest maker of server computers, said Thursday that it will change its ticker on the Nasdaq stock market to JAVA from SUNW effective Monday. The new… ...

Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced in a blog entry today that Sun will be changing its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ from SUNW to JAVA. Schwartz cites the high visibility of the Java ...

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Sun Microsystems Inc <SUNW.O> said on Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW" on Aug. 27, reflecting the heightened role of the company's Java Web technology.