Java, or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), is owned and maintained by Oracle. According to the Java website: Java technology allows you to work and play in a secure computing environment. Java ...

The Java JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment that creates Java applications.

As enterprises reevaluate their Java strategy and migrate away from Oracle Java, many are turning to OpenJDK distributions.

Problems with Oracle's Java 7 runtime may require OS X users to switch back to Java 6, but currently there is no direct means of doing so.

How Oracle’s business as usual is threatening to kill Java Oracle's silence about Java EE has brought developer community distrust to a fever pitch.

Oracle has tapped IBM and Red Hat to help transition Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation in an effort to further open the platform and spur innovation around it.