Long-term support release candidate arrives, general availability comes next month Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) ...

As the Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on, Windows developers wonder if it's time to write off J++ and adopt Microsoft's 'Java killer,' C#.

Under that settlement, Microsoft was permitted to distribute its version of Java in Windows 2000, a version that was based on the source code in version 1.1.4 of Sun's Java Developer Kit.

The battle between Sun and Microsoft over inclusion of JRE in Windows wages on. At stake: middleware supremacy -- and the key strategic decisions that your business are facing now.

Sun charged that Microsoft’s version of Java was incompatible with the Java specification. As a result of the legal action, Microsoft stopped updating J++ by 2001, and discontinued support for ...

Microsoft’s OpenJDK build includes binaries for Java 11, and the company has also released an early access binary for Java 16 for Windows on ARM.

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud.

Microsoft said the settlement agreement with Sun prevents Microsoft from making any changes, including security fixes, to its Java implementation after Jan. 1, 2004.

Microsoft’s Java engineering team already is engaged with other Microsoft groups and subsidiaries using Java, along with partners in the Java ecosystem including Oracle, Azul Systems, Red Hat ...

Microsoft has released a new programming tool aimed at attracting Java developers to its .Net software strategy. At its Tech Ed 2002 Europe developer conference Monday, Microsoft released the ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on.

To date, Minecraft is ranked as the most popular video game ever, with more than 200 million downloads. Now, the Java version of Minecraft is being brought under the Microsoft umbrella, too.