When Oracle announced it was buying Sun and taking stewardship of Java there were a lot of concerned open-source software fans. But, two and a half years on, Oracle is doing a fine job of steering ...

IN THE OPINION of most observers, Java owns the enterprise software market. It achieved that ownership primarily through the worthwhile efforts of heavyweights Sun Microsystems, IBM, and BEA Systems.

Erm. Well. There are a lot of possible answers to that. Some points:<BR><BR>1. Java is generally compiled to bytecode, which is then interpreted at run-time. (There are exceptions, and some ...

Java remains the most popular programming language, but few people would call it the coolest programming language. Some may even argue that it's an increasingly outdated language and, for that reason, ...

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is making nice, promising to be a good daddy to Java. Should you take him at his word? There’s the good Larry and then there’s the bad Larry. The bad Larry — Oracle’s Larry ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The road to master java is a long and thorny one. But over my years as a coder, I’ve picked up a ...