The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is what you get when you download Java software. The JRE consists of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Java platform core classes, and supporting Java platform ...

In 2005, the Apache Software Foundation announced Project Harmony, an attempt to make an open-source version of the core Java software. IBM, a major Java ally, joined Project Harmony months later.

The core Java software developers kit and text editor was ranked third with 14.2 percent, followed by Sun with 13.1 percent. Oracle was sixth with 7.8 percent.

The JRE is the runtime portion of Java software, which is all you need to run it in your Web browser. Download: Java 8.0.144 32-bit | 54.6 MB (Freeware) Download: Java 8.0.144 64-bit | 62.3 MB ...