Microsoft will extend support for its Java Virtual Machine in Microsoft products until the end of 2007. The company posted a notice on its developer Web site April 8 indicating that Microsoft and Sun ...

Users of Microsoft’s Java Virtual Machine have an extra three years to drop the software and migrate to Microsoft’s .Net or a competing Java product following the company’s broad deal with Sun early ...

The company will continue to support its Java Virtual Machine through September 2004, a nine-month extension that will make it easier for customers to find substitutes for the software. Michael ...

On Tuesday, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant and its archrival, Sun Microsystems, announced an agreement under which Microsoft will continue support for the Microsoft's Java Virtual ...

Microsoft and Sun Microsystems this week are making moves in Java, with Sun looking to boost the platform and Microsoft attempting to lure developers away from it. Microsoft has made public the beta ...

Just because Microsoft ended up paying Sun Microsystems $20m (£13m) to settle their 4-year-old suit over the Java programming language doesn't mean Microsoft was the real loser in the spat. In fact, a ...

With nearly no explanation, Microsoft sent out an alert notifying customers that it was removing download information for 10 security patches “because Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is no longer ...

Microsoft's acquisition of Java performance analysis and monitoring firm jClarity helps optimize Azure for Java workloads, and further backs up Microsoft's claims to bring all kinds of workloads to ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. A federal appeals court gave both parties partial victory ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on. In addition, the company ...

In an early sign of teamwork between the software giant and Sun, Microsoft will extend support for its JVM to 2007. But distribution has been halted, along with all enhancements and bug fixes. Martin ...