In a move that could mean serious competition for Oracle in the Java space, Microsoft is previewing its own build of OpenJDK, a freely available, long-term support distribution of open source Java.

Microsoft has announced general availability (GA) of the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, the open-source version of the Java development kit (JDK). The release follows the April preview of the Microsoft ...

Microsoft has updated Java tooling in its Visual Studio Code extension and the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, showcasing a host of new features. For Visual Studio Code, the Extension Pack for Java now ...

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have settled their long-running lawsuit over Microsoft's use of Sun's Java software. Under the settlement, Microsoft (msft) will pay Sun (sunw) $20 million and is ...

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. A couple of weeks ago an anonymous ...

A federal appeals court dealt a legal setback to Sun Microsystems on Thursday, tossing out most of a preliminary injunction requiring Microsoft to carry its rival's ...

If Java is not working in Windows 11/10, these solutions may help you troubleshoot the issue. Although, due to the lack of NPAPI support, Java applets stopped working in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, ...

An appeals court will hear arguments today about whether it should let stand a lower court decision that would require Microsoft Corp. to carry a version of Java ...

Microsoft, along with a number of other major developers, are working to port Java to ARM-based Mac and Windows machines, including upcoming Apple silicon Macs. Project collaborators Microsoft, Azul, ...

Users of Microsoft’s Java Virtual Machine have an extra three years to drop the software and migrate to Microsoft’s .Net or a competing Java product following the company’s broad deal with Sun early ...

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