Transition underscores dedication to the open source spirit of Java
and the organizations that rely on it for mission-critical enterprise
applications and infrastructures
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced it has transitioned into a leadership role
for the OpenJDK 6 project, effectively extending support for the
technology and its users. The move reinforces Red Hat's commitment to
the broader Java community and its future as a leading platform for
mission-critical enterprise applications.
In addition to taking on leadership of the OpenJDK 6 community, Red Hat
maintains its role in setting the future direction for the OpenJDK
project as an active board member, represented by Red Hat's long-time
Java technical lead, Andrew Haley, enabling the company to continue to
help drive the future of Java and of OpenJDK. Red Hat's vision includes
better overall performance and manageability while enabling greater
functionality around dynamic scalability and cloud computing.
"To say that Java plays an important role in today's enterprise IT would
be an understatement," said Craig Muzilla, vice president and general
manager, Middleware, Red Hat. "It has had a profound impact on the
creation and integration of technologies that have ushered us into the 21st
century, shaping everything from banking and retail to transportation
and research, and Red Hat is leading the charge. We want to see that
continue, not only for the thousands of organizations running OpenJDK 6
and Java SE 6, but for users of future versions as well."
OpenJDK is an open source implementation of the Java specification. Red
Hat has been a leading contributor to the OpenJDK community for more
than five years, following an agreement
with Sun Microsystems, and its customers have enjoyed the benefit of
a highly optimized, accelerated runtime for Red Hat JBoss Middleware in
a Linux environment.
"Red Hat has done well to stand by its decision to continue supporting
and investing in Java," said Al Hilwa, program director for IDC's
Application Development Software research. "The company's leadership and
success as an open source enterprise technology provider give
credibility to its vision for the future of OpenJDK and goal of driving
innovation in Java."
Java is a preeminent fixture in the global software development
community. According to GitHub,
one of the top open source code repository sites, Java continues to be
among the most popular languages today, as well as being one of the
highest-tagged languages on Stack
Overflow, a user-driven question and answer site for topics related
to programming. Other languages, including Scala, Groovy, Clojure, Gosu
and Ceylon, only run on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), contributing to
its popularity. This sentiment is also reflected in the TIOBE
Programming Community Index, a measure of the popularity of
programming languages, calculated from the number of search engine
results for queries containing the name of the language.
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technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and
consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of
enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create
relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and
prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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