A Quarter of a Century of Java
February 12th, 1996. This is a significant date for me personally since it was the day I started work at Sun Microsystems as a Solaris Systems Engineer. It was also…
Java: Stable, Secure and Affordable
Java continues to vie for first place as the most popular platform for software development in the world. The power of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) extends the platform’s appeal…
foojay: A Place for Friends of OpenJDK
Java is a well-maintained development and deployment platform. Through the OpenJDK project, regular updates to production releases follow a traditionally established schedule. On a specific Tuesday in January, April, July…
The Notoriety of Zulu on macOS
Keeping your computer safe from malicious software is no easy task. There are different approaches to solving this problem, many of which take the antivirus approach of scanning a machine…
Covid-19 Status
Last update: June 11, 2020 To all Azul customers, partners, and friends, Please accept our best wishes during this difficult time. We will be posting regular updates to this page…
What’s New In JDK 14 Latest Release? 80 New Features & APIs
Well, another six months have passed, and we have another release of Java, this one pretty packed with exciting new features. It is, therefore, time for another blog post trying…
Message to Our Customers
To all Azul Systems customers, partners, and friends; Please accept our best wishes during this difficult time. Across the company we are monitoring developments closely regarding the impact of the…
Investing in Java by Vitruvian Partners and Lead Edge Capital
Last week, Azul issued a press release announcing that London-based Vitruvian Partners and New York-based Lead Edge Capital are making a majority investment in the company. Azul’s mission has always…
Zulu Mission Control 7.1 is Generally Available
Today we are announcing the general availability of Zulu Mission Control (ZMC) release 7.1. ZMC is Azul’s build of the open source JDK Mission Control product that is used for…
CPU, PSU and SLA. Making Sense of TLAs for Java Updates
Updating Java has changed. In January 2019, the last public updates (for commercial users) of both Oracle JDK 8 and the Oracle OpenJDK JDK 11 were released. Non-commercial users, for…
Staring Into My Java Crystal Ball 2020
Happy New Year! As we enter the new decade, I decided it was time to write my now annual blog post giving my thoughts on what this year might hold…
OpenJDK: More Speed, Less Haste
It’s now over two years since the release of JDK 9 and, with it, the switch to a time-based rather than feature-based release schedule. It seems incredible that it took…
