There is some perception that Java’s momentum has stalled, at least in part, and it is likely that Sun hopes releasing Java under open source will result in a resurgence of enthusiasm among ...

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has announced the introduction of its own certified OpenJDK builds. With 90% of Fortune 500 companies relying on Java for their backend development, this ...

Raghavan Srinivas, Java technology evangelist for Sun, told CNET Networks' Builder AU that an open-source version of Java "will happen" but declined to elaborate on time lines or specifics of ...

Sun, however, has resolved most, if not all, of the open-source community's concerns. Under an agreement hashed out in March, Sun is permitting open-source implementations of Java standards.

Following four price changes between 2020 and 2023, Oracle customers aren't happy with Java pricing - and are seeking alternatives.

Prominent open source software groups are warning that a recent incident where disguised hackers tried to sneak a vulnerability into a major open-source toolkit may not be a one-time ordeal. The ...

Scott Dietzen, the CTO at BEA Systems, is expected to lay out his company's views tomorrow on whether Java should be made open-source, and how any such move might be done.

"The model for Java has always been that we give customers and the developer community [access to] open source Java and we also license it to commercial vendors under the standard license ...