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.

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 ...

Microsoft signed the Oracle Contributor Agreement last week, which means Redmond has officially joined the OpenJDK project. Bruno Borges, product manager for Java in Microsoft's Developer Division ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on. In addition, the company ...

Microsoft sought in court on Tuesday to portray Sun Microsystems' Java programming language as a product threatened by its own shortcomings rather than by any anti-competitive behavior by Microsoft.

WASHINGTON--Microsoft told an appeals court on Wednesday that a requirement forcing it to ship Sun Microsystems' version of Java is "unprecedented" and must be ...

A federal appeals court dealt a legal setback to Sun Microsystems on Thursday, tossing out most of a preliminary injunction requiring Microsoft to carry its rival's ...