Java 10 is the first release on the new six-month schedule, and it builds incrementally on the significant new functionality that appeared in Java 9, which had a multiyear gestation period.

Red Hat, best known for its implementation of the Linux operating system, acquired JBoss in 2006 for $350 million. At the time JBoss was primarily a Java-based application server.

The Eclipse Foundation's Jakarta EE Working Group releases Jakarta EE 11, the latest version of its enterprise Java platform.