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Java SE 6 Released.

6 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/java-se-6-released.43596/

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techbirbal Original post #1
Dec 12, 2006 at 9:44 PM
Sun Microsystem has announced the availability of JDK SE 6 for download.

Read here for more *www.techbirbal.com/content/view/38
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gxsaurav #2
Dec 12, 2006 at 9:58 PM
what about the runtime? I hope thats since it's open source now, it is atleast faster then before, in speed
manas
manas #3
Dec 12, 2006 at 11:05 PM
@techbirbal - I don't think it was necessary to link to your site.

gxsaurav said:
what about the runtime? I hope thats since it's open source now, it is atleast faster then before, in speed
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Yeah, I find Java 6 faster than previous versions. ;)
JGuru
JGuru #4
Dec 13, 2006 at 12:09 AM
Guys, Java SE 6.0 is more faster than previous release since the OpenGL pipeline
is entirely written in C. So from this release Java Graphics will be as fast as C/C++
applications.
Checkout the new Features in Java SE 6.0 click here
nishant_nms
nishant_nms #5
Dec 16, 2006 at 4:14 PM
*java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp visit it for downloading
Yamaraj
Yamaraj #6
Dec 16, 2006 at 9:01 PM
gxsaurav said:
what about the runtime? I hope thats since it's open source now, it is atleast faster then before, in speed
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One of most misunderstood things in the whole IT history. Java sources were already available to all, only under the JRL (Java Research License). You can download build-able sources for both JDK6 and JDK7, and it was also available before Sun GPL'ed Java. Unfortunately, open-source has become synonymous with GPL, at least for the majority. Besides, Sun has only 'announced' the release of Java SE/ME/EE under GPLv2. It'll take some time before they open all the sources to the community under GPL. And, speed of the runtime has nothing to do with GPL. They've indeed improved the whole Java experience with this new release, but that's because of the hardwork of Sun engineers, not GPL. ;)