Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20m (£13m) to settle their 4-year-old suit over the Java programming language doesn't mean Microsoft was the real loser in the spat. In fact, a ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Companies and developers hanging on to older releases of Microsoft software will no longer find downloads or support from the Redmond, Washington-based company as it complies with a nearly ...

Sun says it is "disappointed" by the company's decision to not include Java software in its Windows XP and Internet Explorer products. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Microsoft is quietly pulling back support for Java in its new products, dealing a new blow to a rival technology that played a starring role in the software giant's continuing antitrust battle with ...

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of jClarity, a UK-based provider software performance and analytics solutions and a leading contributor to the AdoptOpenJDK project. This acquisition will ...

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In a move that could mean serious competition for Oracle in the Java space, Microsoft is previewing its own build of OpenJDK, a freely available, long-term support distribution of open source Java.

Microsoft, along with a number of other major developers, are working to port Java to ARM-based Mac and Windows machines, including upcoming Apple silicon Macs. Project collaborators Microsoft, Azul, ...