Sun Microsystems on Thursday is announcing availability of OpenJDK Community Technology Compatibility Kit License, providing access to compatibility tests for open-source Java implementations. The ...

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Oracle doesn't plan to make the key Java compatibility test suite available under licensing terms that are appropriate for Apache's Harmony project. IBM has responded by shifting its focus away from ...

The Apache Software Foundation is in a dispute with Sun Microsystems over a license for the Java technology compatibility kit needed for the Apache Harmony project. Harmony is an open source ...

We continue to track compatibility status for PowerPC-coded applications under Rosetta on newly arrived Intel-based Macs. Java applications a sore spot One of the largest segments of applications that ...

The Apache Software Foundation has quit its seat on a key Java standards governing board and in a statement roundly criticized Oracle for refusing to provide a technology compatibility kit for ...

BOSTON--Sun Microsystems is reluctant to make Java source code available through an open-source model because it would encourage incompatible versions of the software, Sun's top software executive ...

The Apache Foundation's Geronimo project has passed an important Java compatibility test, paving the way for the third open-source Java application server on the market. On Wednesday, engineers ...

Q. After years of resisting, why is Sun making Java open source now? A. Sun made its core software product, the Solaris operating system, open source and thinks that's working. Customers still buy ...