The specification for the next version of Java Enterprise Edition has been approved unanimously, according to a posting on the Java Community Process website. Oracle submitted the spec for Java EE 7, ...

The next version of enterprise Java has received Java Community Process executive approval, according to an Oracle blog post on Tuesday. As a follow-up, the Java EE (Enterprise Edition) 7 reference ...

The relatively smooth sailing for the Java EE standard is in contrast to a dustup late last year when the Apache Software Foundation quit the governing board in protest over friction with Oracle, ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Sun Microsystems has announced the release of the Java ...

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.