Oracle says “BEA JRockit JVM will not be available stand-alone… but will continue to be (ed. was it ever?) bundled with Oracle products.”

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FAQ

Will Oracle continue to invest in JRockit technology?
Absolutely! JRockit is a strategic product for Oracle and its customers. Oracle will continue to invest in it significantly. Oracle will continue to pay attention to legacy-BEA and Oracle customers needs and customers should expect a strong roadmap for the JRockit JVM and all JRockit products.

Going forward, is JRockit going to be free or a for-charge product?
Consistent with Oracle policies, JRockit Mission Control and JRockit Real Time, which include the JRockit JVM and access to significant value-adds such as operations diagnostics and real-time features, are available for development and evaluation for free. It is also bundled with many other commercial products from Oracle.

2 thoughts on “Oracle says “BEA JRockit JVM will not be available stand-alone… but will continue to be (ed. was it ever?) bundled with Oracle products.””

  1. The Oracle Application Server has been bundling JRockit on certain platforms for some time, predating the acquisition of BEA.

    On the up side, JRockit Mission Control is now free for dev & eval. Under BEA, only a crippled version was available for the community. Download here:
    http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/jrockit/index.html
    or
    http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/jrockit/missioncontrol/updates/eclipse-3.3/jrmc/index.html

    If you have any questions on JRockit or the FAQ, try our new Oracle forums:
    http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=561

    Cheers,

    Henrik — Oracle JRockit team

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  2. The new licensing essentially buries jrockit deep inside oracle products, much like what ibm’s done with their jdk for windows (bundled within ibm eclipse). I guess you’re the first casualty of the acquisition…

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