Sun is making its own version of Java open-source software, but its Java Compatibility Kit remains closed.

Open-source software may be freely seen, modified and redistributed by anyone. Java, in contrast, is controlled by the Sun-led Java Community Process, and Java products must pass compatibility tests.

With developers ready to move from building Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 to JDK 9, Oracle’s chief Java executive proposes to restrict merges between the two code lines. In an email posted to an ...

The computing giant announces a $3 million scholarship program to help software developers build open-source implementations of Java standards.

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have settled their long-running lawsuit over Microsoft's use of Sun's Java software.Under the settlement, Microsoft (msft) will pay Sun (sunw) $20 million and is ...

Oracle doesn't plan to make the key Java compatibility test suite available under licensing terms that are appropriate for Apache's Harmony project. IBM has responded by shifting its focus away ...

Sun Microsystems on Thursday is announcing availability of OpenJDK Community Technology Compatibility Kit License, providing access to compatibility tests for open-source Java implementations. The ...

Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP), a leading consulting and technology services company, today announced a major update to its flagship deterministic AI migrator, PowerBuilder AI Migrator for Java.

This week's Java roundup for January 1st, 2024, features news highlighting: Spring Shell, Micronaut, JReleaser, JobRunr, Sharat Chander acknowledging the 2023 accomplishments from the Java ...

The assumption that all programmers are open-source advocates falls flat at Sun's "Big Question" debate. In fact, they're pretty well split on the subject. By Michelle Delio.

Java runtime maker Azul Systems this week released a new version of its build of the OpenJDK known as Zulu. The free and open source Zulu 8.0 is compatible and compliant with the recently launched ...

The current version of Quarkus, the Kubernetes-native Java framework Red Hat released last year, is now compatible with the latest version of the Eclipse MicroProfile.