Simon Ritter19 articles

The School of OpenJDK Migration is totally free and self-paced. Do yourself a favor and start preparing about OpenJDK migration today. 

Last September, we got Java 21, a Long Term Support (LTS) version with eight new big features and seven incubator or preview features. Does Java 22 also bring that much innovation, or is it “just” a bug-fix release?

Oracle deserves props for continuing to develop Java as an open-source platform, but its pricing model and licensing continues to drive users away. 

Did you know switching your Java runtime helps reduce Cloud waste?

Simon Ritter and Gerrit Grunwald answer a question that they hear repeatedly: “If I decide to stay with Oracle Java (rather than migrate to an OpenJDK distribution) what issues will I face?”

As a sponsor of the largest Java developer community conference in Europe, the Azul team is excited to be back and looking forward to meeting with you in person!

Since 2018, we get a new version of Java every 6 months. And version 21, released during today, is a long-term support version that can be used for many years.

What new features does Java 20 bring? And why should we use it? And what can we expect from the next LTS version, 21, in September?

Learn how pattern matching in Java can make your code more concise without losing readability.

Azul continues to provide updates (scheduled quarterly ones and any out-of-bounds) to the Zulu builds of OpenJDK 7 until at least December 2027.