While arguing about programming languages with someone they asserted that Java in Windows (or x86 Linux) will always suffer a significant performance penalty compared to a SPARC architecture because ...

LONDON — Mobile phone giants Nokia and Vodafone on Thursday (Aug. 26) launched an initiative to simplify Java standards for mobile devices, thereby create more consistent platforms for developers of ...

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It's a commonly asked question in a world where every software developer wants to get the most out of every clock cycle their programs consume. It was also a topic at a Java "Birds of a Feather" ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. “The report of my death,” literary giant Mark Twain once said “was an exaggeration”. Like Twain, Java has had a ...