For Java developers just getting started with embedded programming and IoT, this guide will orient you in Java ME's history and the new Java ME 8 and Java Embedded platforms.

Three editions of Java: Java SE, Java EE, and Java ME. Sun Microsystems released the Java 1.0 software development kit (JDK) in May 1995.

It's been a long wait, but it's finally here: Oracle Corp. announced today the general availability of Java SE 9 (JDK 9), the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 8 (Java EE 8) and the Java EE 8 Software ...

At present, the plan is to offer the open-source versions of Java SE and Java ME under GPLv2. But Sun is open to adding another open-source license should the vendor not see rapid uptake of Java ...

Java 9 -- better known as Java SE 9 Platform Specification, or Java SE 9 (JDK 9) -- comes nearly three years after the release of Java 8.. In addition to Java 9, Oracle announced the availability of ...

Sun intends to open source three main components of, respectively, Java SE and Java ME, Ulander said. For Java SE, the pieces are Java Compiler, JavaHelp and the Java HotSpot virtual machine.

These components are part of the Java EE platform, which is built on top of Java SE. Similarly, the JDK does not have inherent support for microdevice development with Java ME, although Java ME does ...

Sun is open sourcing its Java SE and Java ME Monday under a somewhat surprising license, GPLv2.