Java Thriving in Oracle's hands
- by Tori Wieldt
IDC has published a Technology Assessment of Oracle's
stewardship of Java titled "The State of Java: Two and a Half
Years After the Acquisition." The overall IDC opinion is that
Java under Oracle's stewardship is thriving.
Report highlights include:
The successful delivery of Java SE 7, which had been stalled at Sun Microsystems
Articulation of realistic road maps for Java EE 7 and Java SE 8
The healthy growth of the Java ecosystem
The decisiveness with which Oracle handled the Apache
Harmony dispute
Key vendors joining the OpenJDK including IBM, Apple, and SAP
More and more programming languages being hosted on the Java Virtual Machine(JVM)
Java's role in major computing trends including Mobile,
Cloud, Big Data and Social
You
can access the full report here (PDF).
