The specification for the next version of Java Enterprise Edition has been approved unanimously, according to a posting on the Java Community Process website. Oracle submitted the spec for Java EE 7, ...

Java steward Sun Microsystems is proposing changes to the standardization process for the programming language to create greater visibility and participation. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

Many of us are familiar with how to find version information in Windows-like applications. At startup, we’re often greeted with a splash screen that identifies the vendor, the product name, and ...

Recently, I wrote a column that asked the question: Is this the end of Java as we know it? That question was triggered by a proposal to the Java Community Process (JCP) for an enhancement to the Java ...

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BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Jakarta EE Working Group, hosted by the Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced during ...

Feature planning is underway for Java SE 9, the next major update to the language and platform used by millions of developers around the world. An initial set of Java Enhancement Proposals targeting ...

Official specifications for upcoming releases of Java have been approved by an executive committee of the JCP (Java Committee Process), although the votes were not unanimous. JSR (Java Specification ...

The Apache Software Foundation has resigned from the Java steering group, claiming that the widely-used scripting platform is a proprietary technology under the full control of Oracle. In a blog post ...