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Java 25 puts 32-bit x86 out to pasture, adds 17 shiny new features

Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) version, is now at release candidate (RC) stage with general availability scheduled for September 16.… The RC release is the first of two, with the second set for ...
ZDNet

Sun, BEA promote Java on x86 servers

Sun Microsystems and BEA Systems on Thursday announced that BEA will create a version of its flagship WebLogic Platform software to run on Sun's Solaris operating system for x86-based chips. BEA said ...
Ars Technica

Running a "big endian platform" (Java) on a "small endian architecture" (x86)

While arguing about programming languages with someone they asserted that Java in Windows (or x86 Linux) will always suffer a significant performance penalty compared to a SPARC architecture because ...
ZDNet

How x86 turned into Java

I wrote about server appliances last week, and observed in passing that Rebel.com and Cobalt, both purveyors of Linux-based boxes, had switched from embedded RISC processors to x86-compatible chips in ...