This sounds an awful lot like the shared-source license that Microsoft uses to let large customers and governments look at its source code. So, why won't Sun just go and open source Java?

I’d be happy to compare Java applets to any of Python’s browser-based capabilities. Apples to applets comparisons For 20 years, Java applets made it possible to run Java code in a browser. Python has ...

Java will need to be kept interesting if it is to maintain its prominence as the top programming language, an Oracle official stressed Wednesday during a Silicon Valley technical conference.

Looking to bolster the appeal of Visual Studio Code to Java developers, Microsoft has published a roadmap for bringing new Java-related capabilities to the code editor. Among the goals is making ...