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.

Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have settled their long-running lawsuit over Microsoft's use of Sun's Java software. Under the settlement, Microsoft (msft) will pay Sun (sunw) $20 million and is ...

Microsoft received a reprieve on Monday from a court order requiring the company to ship Sun Microsystems' Java software. Earlier in the day, Microsoft had said that ...

Microsoft announced the 2.0 release of the Java Language Conversion Assistant (JLCA), a tool designed to provide Java developers with a smooth transition to Web services and Web- and Windows-based ...

Having introduced its Modern Web Application (MWA) pattern for Java developers late last year, Microsoft is now promoting the cloud-centric concept further by highlighting the benefits of the ...

It’s been a long time since Microsoft brewed its own Java. But now it’s back, with the Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, fit and finished for running in the Azure cloud. A couple of weeks ago an anonymous ...

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"Minecraft" developer Mojang has announced via a recent email that Java Edition players won't be able to put off migrating from their old accounts to a Microsoft account any longer. While the company ...

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, ...

Microsoft, which claims "We use more Java than one can imagine," is pumping up its Java push on several fronts, including promoting a bunch of guidance for using the popular programming language on ...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Microsoft a stay of a Jan. 21 decision from U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz in Baltimore, who gave the company 120 days to begin including Sun's ...