Oracle has implemented a six-month release cadence for Java SE, with Java Development Kit 10 having shipped in March 2018 and the next version, JDK 11, due in September 2018.

A new survey reveals that nearly 80% of ITAM and SAM professionals are moving away from Oracle Java, citing cost hikes, audit ...

Oracle’s commitment to Java and its community remains stronger than ever, as shared recently at JavaOne. Oracle is not ramping Java SE compliance activity or hiring of compliance staff.

In 2019, Oracle announced that Java SE would no longer be free. In 2020, Oracle introduced the NFTC (No-Fee Terms and Conditions) for JDK 17 and later, which permitted free use for some use cases.

"Oracle is not ramping Java SE compliance activity or hiring of compliance staff. The licensing model and policies for Java SE have remained unchanged since before the acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Under Oracle’s stewardship, Java, and the OpenJDK Project where it is developed, have reliably delivered 13 consecutive feature update releases on a perfect 6-month cadence.

Oracle today announced the release of several new Java software packages, including the new Java SE 7 Update 6 that brings full support for Java SE 7 to OS X for the first time.

Java SE 7 Update 6 is fully supported and recommended for use with Oracle Fusion Middleware. And the OpenJDK Community continues to host the development of the reference implementation of Java SE 8.

To support cloud-driven developer needs, Oracle plans to ship OpenJDK binaries under the GNU General Public License (GPL), a widely used free software license. This will start with JDK (Java SE ...