What's in Store for Open Source in 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 by Mike Milinkovich
As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take stock and to imagine what the next chapter might bring.
In that spirit, I'd like to share a few ...
Java SE Subscription announced by Oracle
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 by Austin Harris
Oracle announced Java SE Subscription, a new subscription model that covers all Java SE licensing and support needs. Java SE Subscription complements the company's continued free Java SE releases and stewardship of the OpenJDK ecosystem where Oracle now produces open source OpenJDK binaries, enabling developers and organizations that do not need commercial support o...
3 new tools released by Red Hat
Friday, August 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
Red Hat has released all new developer tools, available on multiple platforms. This collection of tools has been assembled into an easy-to-use installer to help software developers quickly and easily put together a development environment to create containerized enterprise Java apps by installing OpenShift on their desktop. The Developer Tools Installer will automatical...
Oracle brings database and tools to Docker store
Friday, April 21, 2017 by Austin Harris
Oracle announce that it is collaborating with Docker to release its flagship databases, middleware and developer tools into the Docker Store marketplace via the Docker Certification Program. Together, Oracle and Docker want to enable developers to quickly build cloud-native applications using Docker Enterprise Edition as their container platform. The Docker Certificatio...
Azul Releases EA Zulu Build of OpenJDK Supporting Java 9 SE
Monday, November 2, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Azul Systems (Azul), a provider of Java runtime solutions, has announced early access to Zulu, the company’s build of OpenJDK, supporting the Java 9 SE platform. Zulu is an enterprise-grade, certified build of OpenJDK that can be deployed across various operating systems, containers, hypervisors and cloud platforms.Zulu 9 is open source, freely distributable, incorporat...
Azul Systems Launches Zulu Embedded OpenJDK Based Java Platform
Sunday, March 29, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Azul Systems is launching Zulu Embedded, a new offering for developers in the embedded, mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) markets offering open source, customizable, reduced-footprint, and standards compliant Java SE runtimes and development solutions. Zulu Embedded is new OpenJDK-based Java platform for embedded, mobile, and IoT designs offered through an open s...
Oracle Announces Most Significant Java Update in the History of the Platform
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 by Richard Harris
Oracle has released Java 8, which they say is “the most significant Java technology release.” Oracle is announcing Java Platform, Standard Edition 8 (Java SE 8), Java Platform, Micro Edition 8 (Java ME 8) and the related releases of Oracle's Java Embedded products. JDK 8 is a production-ready implementation of the Java SE 8 Platform Specification, wh...
