Microsoft will continue to support its Java virtual machine through September 2004, a nine-month extension that will make it easier for customers to find substitutes for the software.

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.

Microsoft supports Java on the Visual Studio Code editor through a collaboration with Red Hat and the Java community. The 1.0 release of Language Support for Java by Red Hat arrived late last month.

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

Microsoft has supported AdoptOpenJDK since June 2018, helping to build binaries of OpenJDK for different platforms, including Linux and Windows. jClarity's CEO, Martijn Verburg, is director of the ...

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.

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#.

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.

Java is a computer language that Sun Microsystems designed to run on different operating systems. Sun accused Microsoft of trying to "pollute" Java by making its own version that only ran on Windows.

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