Recently, Microsoft's Bruno Borges posted a message in the OpenJDK mailing lists, content includes what happened next and how Microsoft began to integrate its team to OpenJDK community. In the message, Bruno Borges mentioned, Microsoft has officially signed the "Oracle Contributor Agreement." At the same time, he reiterated Microsoft's commitment to Java, and Microsoft team looks back on the Java community.
Borges once Oracle developers, now as Java, Microsoft's lead product manager. He told you all about Java project team leader Martijn Verburg, Verburg also jClarity CEO, and is a major contributor AdoptOpenJDK jClarity, and in August this year was acquired by Microsoft.
The message can OpenJDK mailing list found in:
Hey, OpenJDK community,
In the past week, Microsoft officially signed the "Oracle Contributor Agreement" Oracle of us involved in the project represents the recognition and welcome. On behalf of Microsoft's Java engineering team, we are pleased to officially joined the OpenJDK project, and look forward to working with you.
As we all know, in many ways, Microsoft and its subsidiaries are highly dependent on Java, the Java runtime and provides services to customers in Microsoft's Azure cloud. Microsoft has recognized the tremendous value of Oracle's OpenJDK project under effective management success obtained, it acquired Java, has been more extensive software ecosystem, we look forward to making a contribution.
Our team will initially committed some minor bug fixes and reverse migration, which helps us better to become a member of OpenJDK. For example, we have learned, it is best to discuss changes before release patches, and I believe we still have a lot to learn.
Martijn Verburg, led by the Java engineering team has with other organizations use Java Microsoft and its subsidiaries, as well as some of the Java ecosystem partners (such as Azul Systems, Oracle, Pivotal, Red Hat, Intel, SAP, etc.) cooperation. The entire team will join some of the OpenJDK mailing lists and participate in the conversation.
We look forward to participating in the future of Java.
Microsoft's first contribution to the OpenJDK code that is in 2014, the contribution of content optimization on aspects of the Windows TCP loopback fast path mechanism. In October 2018, Oracle plans to migrate to OpenJDK source code repository GitHub , GitHub has just wound up being acquired by Microsoft, then Microsoft's relationship with OpenJDK also goes a step further.
After this, Microsoft will contribute to the OpenJDK message is sent, there are users (id: yanglbme) combed two decades twelve thing Microsoft and Java ( https://juejin.im/post/5dbaac8cf265da4d365f28a6 ):
- In 1996, Microsoft launched the J ++ language, and launched Visual j ++ integrated programming tools for Java a lot of changes.
- In 1997, Sun Company to "discriminatory use of Java software, is designed to maintain its monopoly Windows operating system, in violation of antitrust laws" sued Microsoft.
- In January 2001, SUN successful, according to a settlement agreement reached between the parties, not on the Microsoft Windows operating system, Java language included to make any changes, and awarded $ 20 million.
- The end of 2001, when the new version of Microsoft Windows XP operating system and a new version of IE, deliberately do not install Java software, and launch high imitation Java language C # and .net framework.
- In June 2002, Microsoft said that since 2004, because of security reasons Microsoft's Windows operating system will no longer support the Java language.
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- October 2019, Microsoft announced it has joined OpenJDK involved in the development.
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