Microsoft will offer the Java Standard Edition (Java SE) by the end of the year both as a stand-alone PaaS (platform as a service) and as component of a Windows Server IaaS (infrastructure as a ...

Microsoft executives said the company also has no plans to include Java Virtual Machine in the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, IE 6.0, which is scheduled to be incorporated into ...

The Microsoft initiative in this market is called .Net, which is closely tied to Windows. Several other companies including Sun and I.B.M. are building middleware using Java.

Sun argues in its lawsuit that Microsoft has gained an unfair advantage by shipping Windows with an outdated version of Java that's inconsistent for its users. Windows is used by more than 90 ...

Aside from Java support in Azure, which prompted the company to buy Java support services company jClarity in August, Microsoft supports Java development in its open source Visual Studio Code editor.

Microsoft is offering advice on how to protect yourself from Java-based malware. The instructions are simple: either update it, disable it, or just uninstall it completely.

Microsoft announced three sets of tools that translate Java software so it can support Microsoft.Net, the company's new strategy to move its Windows operating system and software to the Web.

Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Microsoft will no longerlicense from Sun any current or new versions of Java — aprogramming language Sun claims is used by 2.5 million softwaredevelopers ...

Microsoft also views separating Java software from Windows XP as important to safeguarding Windows XP's Oct. 25 launch date. "We're going to ship Windows XP, and we're going to ship it on Oct. 25 ...

Microsoft supports Java on the Visual Studio Code editor through a collaboration with Red Hat and the Java community. The 1.0 release of Language Support for Java by Red Hat arrived late last month.

The settlement deal called for Microsoft to pay Sun $20 million and gave it the right to use Sun-developed Java code dating back to 1997 in its development tools for the next seven years.