JRockit

{{Infobox software

| name = JRockit

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| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = JDK 28.2.3

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|04|12|df=yes}}

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| programming language = C and Java

| genre = Java virtual machine

| license = Proprietary

| website = {{URL|https://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jrockit/}}

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JRockit was a proprietary Java virtual machine (JVM) originally developed by Appeal Virtual Machines, acquired by BEA Systems in 2002,{{cite news

| url = http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=12145

| title = BEA Acquires Appeal Virtual Machines, Makers of JRockit

| author = Thomas Risberg

| date = 2002-02-26

| accessdate = 2009-03-04

| publisher = TheServerSide.com}} and became part of Oracle Fusion Middleware as part of acquisition of BEA Systems in 2008.

The JRockit code base was discontinued by Oracle, with some features being integrated into the HotSpot virtual machine as part of the mainline development of the Java platform.{{Cite web|last=Krill|first=Paul|date=2010-11-08|title=Oracle moving to merge JRockit, HotSpot JVMs|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2624237/oracle-moving-to-merge-jrockit--hotspot-jvms.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=InfoWorld|language=en}} JRockit only ever supported Java 6, which is now considered an obsolete release.

History

Following the finalization of the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle announced in JavaOne 2010 that the best features of JRockit would be implemented in OpenJDK.{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/resource/OOW2010%20-%20JVM%20Strategy.pdf

|title = Java Virtual Machine Strategy

|publisher = Oracle Corporation

|date = September 2010

|access-date = 2011-05-22

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110601064323/http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/resource/OOW2010%20-%20JVM%20Strategy.pdf

|archive-date = 2011-06-01

}}{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/oracles_jvm_strategy

|title = Oracle's JVM Strategy

|publisher = Oracle Corporation

|author = Henrik Ståhl

|date = 2010-11-10

|access-date = 2011-05-22

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110522212229/http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/oracles_jvm_strategy

|archive-date = 2011-05-22

}}

In May 2011, Oracle announced that JRockit has become free, and confirmed the plan to port JRockit features on OpenJDK.{{cite web

|url = http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/jrockit_is_now_free_and

|title = JRockit is Now Free (and Other Java License Updates)

|publisher = Oracle Corporation

|date = 2011-05-18

|quote = Since we are converging the JVMs technically it makes sense to treat them as a single "product" with two different incarnations/implementations. Second, by making JRockit free we hope to get more feedback on any regressions in the converged JVM vs current JRockit, which will help our convergence project.

|access-date = 2011-05-22

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110521142850/http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/jrockit_is_now_free_and

|archive-date = 2011-05-21

}}

References

External links

Category:Discontinued Java virtual machines

Category:BEA Systems

Category:Oracle software