Users of Microsoft Corp."s Java Virtual Machine (JVM) have an extra three years to drop the software and migrate to Microsoft"s .Net or a competing Java product following the company"s broad deal with Sun Microsystems Inc. early this month.
Microsoft was set to end support for its JVM on Sept. 30, much to the dismay of developers who built applications to work with the software. Now Microsoft has extended security patch support for its JVM until Dec. 31, 2007, Brian Keller, a Microsoft product manager, said Tuesday. Security patches are the only support Microsoft currently provides for the JVM.