Java is important to Microsoft in developing many of its own products and services, as well as to its customers. That’s why it’s bringing OpenJDK to Windows 10 on Arm.
Microsoft’s Java Engineering Group has completed the first phase of porting OpenJDK for Windows 10 on Arm-based devices. While its port is not yet feature- complete, it is usable by developers who want to start developing in Java on Windows 10 ARM-64 laptops like the Microsoft Surface Pro X, officials said on June 24. Microsoft bought jClarity last year with the stated intent of using its technology to optimize Java workloads on Azure. London-based jClarity promotes its commercial support for AdoptOpenJDK binaries as being “the drop-in replacement for Oracle’s Java/JDK.
