Sun Microsystems has taken one of the final steps on the road to keeping its promise to move its Java platform to open source, as announced at this week's JavaOne event. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based ...

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications. It includes tools and libraries that enable developers to write, compile, and execute Java ...

as free software under the GNU General Public License. Richard Stallman, creator of the GPL and founder of the Free Software Foundation, will endorse the move by video at a press conference Monday ...

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Oracle on Wednesday is proposing some changes to the ways Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) is produced and distributed, designed to make life easier for developers. The software giant is also ...

Turning over the platform to an open source foundation could broaden the Java community, but don’t look for it to happen soon Now that Oracle wants to turn over leadership of enterprise Java’s (Java ...

Whether you're making a bank transaction, transmitting a picture from a smart phone, or driving a car, there is almost no technology in the world that Java does not touch. Oracle continues to work ...