The Java Community Process is frequently under fire from community members who have called for greater transparency and even independence from Sun. Some say the real problem with the JCP is too ...

How is Java made? Let’s take a look at the process for introducing new features to the platform, and at some of the big JDK enhancement projects on the horizon.

The transition began in 2006 when Sun Microsystems initiated the move toward open-sourcing Java, a process completed in 2011 with Oracle's release of Java SE 7. Today, the OpenJDK continues to ...

JBoss, meanwhile, is releasing beta 1.0 of JBoss Seam, which provides a Java model that unifies EJB 3.0 and JavaServer Faces into a single component model. The technology enables process-driven ...