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Duke hacking Hack on the JDK itself, right here in the growing OpenJDK Community: Browse the code on the web, get a source bundle or clone a Mercurial repository to make a local copy, learn how to build and hack on the code with the NetBeans IDE, and contribute a patch to fix a bug, enhance an existing component, or define a new feature.
 
Announcements
2009/12/10 New Project approved: Lambda
2009/12/01 Project proposal: Lambda
2009/07/13 New Project Proposal: JMX2
2009/07/08 OpenJDK Interim Governance Board: New Members
2009/05/08 OpenJDK Interim Governance Board status
2009/05/07 New Project Proposal: Hotspot Express
2009/03/30 Syndication feed available on cr.openjdk.java.net
2009/03/11 New Project approved: IcedTea
 
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