Since acquiring Java in early 2010, Oracle has sought to get the technology's development back on track. But some observers say the company is moving away from Java's traditional community-driven ...

Oracle continues to work with the Java Community to advance the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). Developer builds are now available for the upcoming Java Development Kit (JDK) 8, which ...

For one, a loosening of Oracle’s control could entice other contributors to Java to participate more. Java development has had other participants, including IBM, Red Hat, and SAP.

Oracle proposes production, distribution changes to Java SE Along with a new proposed release model, the changes are designed to support cloud-driven developer needs.

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.