Ex-Sun man hails Java renaissance under Ellison

EclipseCon Java is entering a renaissance following a period of darkness in accordance with Sun Microsystems, according to Oracle and computing giant IBM.

The renaissance isn't just about Oracle

"The renaissance isn't just about Oracle. It's about Oracle working with existing partner Red Hat, IBM, and Apple to bring the same code base to more and more platforms," Reinhold told the developer conference in Santa Clara, California, Wednesday.

IBM Java chief research officer and distinguished engineer John Duimovich, on stage with Reinhold, said IBM is on the whole figuring out what code to contribute to OpenJDK and how to work with the project. He said that IBM doesn't just want to dump undocumented code on OpenJDK and that the company hopes to "earn its way in" over the straightway year based on its contributions.

The plan for Java SE 7

Reinhold used EclipseCon to recap the plan for Java SE 7 and 8 and as well hinted at Java 9, which doesn't but have a date. Java 9 is for all that at the ideas phase, however he said in accordance with discussion are ideas that would give Java a big-systems feel for the enterprise and cloud computing.

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