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Oracle To Monetize Java VM

Posted by Soulskill on from the who-runs-your-pr-team-anyway dept.

jtotheh writes "According to the Register, Oracle is going to make two tiers of Java Virtual Machine — a free one and a premium paid one. 'Adam Messinger, Oracle vice president of development, told QCon that Oracle plans to offer a "premium" edition of the JDK in addition to the open-source JDK. Both, it seems, will be based on a converged JRockit VM and the Hotspot JVM from Sun Microsystems. The converged JVM will be released under the OpenJDK project. ... Messinger didn't explain how the premium JVM would differ [from] the free version, but the premium edition will likely see performance tuning and tie-ins to Oracle's middleware.'"

3 of 641 comments (clear)

  1. Re:mm by HelloKitty2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, this is the birth of new opportunities in the java landscape, this is a clear sign of Oracle's dedication to the java community. The high-end Mercedes offering will finally allow you to look down on those Fiat drivers and know that your money is well spent.

  2. Performance-tuned Java? by kaaona · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't that be like racing whales?

  3. Can you Digg it? by Yuioup · · Score: 4, Funny

    Java has become the Digg of languages.

    Goodbye Java, we hardly knew thee...