Big Java users, including IBM, Intel, Red Hat and ARM, appeared alongside Oracle at the JavaOne Conference, in San Francisco, this week, to commit to their ongoing support for Java.
Oracle, which acquired Java when it bought Sun Microsystems, also welcomed Twitter as a new member of both the OpenJDK Community and the Java Community Process (JCP). Twitter will collaborate with Oracle and the other members of the JCP and the OpenJDK Community to help evolve the Java platform.
Hasan Rizvi, senior VP, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java, along with Adam Messinger, VP of Development, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Cameron Purdy, VP of Development at Oracle, outlined plans for the future of the Java platform, and showcased product demonstrations illustrating the latest Java technology innovations.
Oracle announced plans for advancing Java SE with a roadmap for Mac OS X releases and an update on Java SE 8. Plans for the next version of Java SE 8 are moving forward, and Oracle will announce a revised roadmap for a release with expanded scope, with availability expected in summer 2013.
Oracle also announced plans to improve the interoperability between HTML5 and Java technology, in order to simplify the development of rich client/server interaction for cloud-based applications.
Oracle announced its intent to submit a proposal to open source the JavaFX platform as a new project within the OpenJDK Community.
Java EE 7, the next generation of Java EE, is well under way, with 10 active Java Specification Requests being worked on through the JCP by over 20 different participating companies, and represented by hundreds of engineers, said Rizvi.
“Our strategic objectives for the future of Java are to accelerate technical innovation in the Java platform and increase Java technology adoption,” said Rizvi. “We expect to keep Java vibrant and moving forward through ongoing support for open standards and by working closely with the Java developer community.”
JavaOne is running in parallel with Oracle OpenWorld, in San Francisco.
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