The Java landscape—including key players and users—is experiencing a significant shift. Oracle Java has been the most popular way to run enterprise Java applications and workloads for years.

Oracle today announced the availability of Java 23, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. Java 23 (Oracle JDK 23) delivers thousands of ...

Azul’s State of Java Survey and Report from 2023, which surveyed 2,000 businesses using Java, found Oracle’s market share dropped from 75% for Java Development Kit distributions in 2020 to 42% ...

The pact shows Oracle will discount OCI deeply when it supports their growth strategy, which could bode well for enterprise ...

The Shift Away from Oracle Java Gains Momentum. Two years after Oracle introduced its employee-based pricing for Oracle Java SE, concerns remain high. 82% of Oracle Java users expressed unease ...

Oracle, steward of the language since 2010, believes that view misunderstands both the role of AI and the purpose of Java ...

Java is also continuing to grow in popularity for building AI functionality, with 50% of organizations using it to build AI functionality, surpassing Python and JavaScript at Java-centric companies.

Java 18 is supported under the NFTC up to January 2024, while the free support is only available on Java 17 if organisations are on Oracle JDK releases prior to version 17.0.13.