Apache Geode has been revived after a near shutdown. Geode 2.0 is positioned as a modernization reset, not a minor upgrade.

The next version of enterprise Java has received Java Community Process executive approval, according to an Oracle blog post on Tuesday. As a follow-up, the Java EE (Enterprise Edition) 7 reference ...

Bull has developed a transaction processing application platform, dubbed Libert TP, which it says will allow businesses to move legacy applications from Cobol or C to Java. Laurent de Jerphanion, ...

The company is very close to announcing that it will put the mobile (ME) and standard (SE) editions of the Java platform into the GNU General Public License (GPL), with the Java Enterprise Edition and ...

Sun Microsystems has had a prominent executive leave over Sun’s decision to offer Java via an open source paradigm, a Sun representative confirmed on Monday evening. Graham Hamilton, who had been a ...

In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what exactly ...

The open-source license includes the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine and the Java compiler (JavaC) components of Java SE. According to Sun, the move to open source will remove any inconsistencies in its ...