To download the Java SE development kit, visit Oracle’s official download page. You’ll see the various JDK packages available, as shown in Figure 2. IDG. Figure 2. Available JDK packages.

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The transition began in 2006 when Sun Microsystems initiated the move toward open-sourcing Java, a process completed in 2011 with Oracle's release of Java SE 7. Today, the OpenJDK continues to ...

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