GUEST OPINION: Over the past five years, Oracle has made four rounds of changes to its Java licensing and pricing policy for what was previously a free programming language and toolset used by thousands of organisations as the foundation for most business-critical software applications.
New release delivers 12 JDK Enhancement Proposals that help developers increase productivity by improving the Java language
Enhancements to the platform’s performance, stability, and security help organisations accelerate business growth
Java Management Service 9.0 and Graal JIT Compiler help organisations manage Java applications and improve peak performance
COMPANY NEWS: Oracle today announced the availability of Java 23, the latest version of the world’s number one programming language and development platform. Java 23 (Oracle JDK 23) delivers thousands of improvements to help developers increase productivity and drive innovation, while enhancements to the platform’s performance, stability, and security help organisations accelerate business growth.
COMPANY NEWS: Azul unveils its Java Performance Engineering Lab, pioneering new capabilities in Java optimisation and scalability
COMPANY NEWS: Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, today announced accelerated growth last year across its product portfolio and geographies, including unprecedented demand for its OpenJDK products in the wake of Oracle’s Java SE pricing policy change and enterprises grappling with soaring cloud costs.
Java specialist Azul has released Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK for Java 17 including CRaC functionality.
Java 19 increases developer productivity, improves the Java language, and enhances performance, stability and security, according to Oracle.
Google chief executive Eric Schmidt is on the record as dismissing the importance of privacy.