In my last post, I made a little joke about the closing of the Sun-Oracle deal being overshadowed by Apple’s big iPad announcement. The folks at Oracle would almost certainly have preferred that their ...

Java’s sun.misc.Unsafe class has been in use since 2002. It provides essential low-level methods that framework developers use to deliver otherwise unobtainable features and performance. Unfortunately ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The Java landscape—including key players and users—is experiencing a significant shift.