Oracle has implemented a six-month release cadence for Java SE, with Java Development Kit 10 having shipped in March 2018 and the next version, JDK 11, due in September 2018.

Existing Oracle Java SE licensees may continue with their per-processor or per-user plans, and do not have to move to the new per-employee subscription, Oracle says.

Java SE 7 Update 6 is fully supported and recommended for use with Oracle Fusion Middleware. And the OpenJDK Community continues to host the development of the reference implementation of Java SE 8.

While Oracle CEO Larry Ellison focuses his attention on the America's Cup sailing race, Oracle is rushing to keep up in another race, the one to get its Java SE (Standard Edition) in the cloud.

To support cloud-driven developer needs, Oracle plans to ship OpenJDK binaries under the GNU General Public License (GPL), a widely used free software license. This will start with JDK (Java SE ...