Oracle got Java with its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009. It first introduced two new licensing models ...

When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems in April 2009 for $7.4 billion, Oracle’s Larry Ellison said Java was “the single most important software asset we have ever acquired.” Two months later ...

Despite major changes in licensing and costs, the programming language is still a dominant force in software development.

"Unplanned downtime with those types of applications is significantly more of a cost than your Adobe PDF reader not working," said Ritter, who has worked on Java projects at Oracle and Sun ...

The "tip and tail" release model represents a significant step forward, offering revolutionary changes that are ambitious but ...