<s>
JRockit	B-Language
was	O
a	O
proprietary	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
(	O
JVM	B-Language
)	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Appeal	B-Application
Virtual	I-Application
Machines	I-Application
,	O
acquired	O
by	O
BEA	O
Systems	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
acquisition	O
of	O
BEA	O
Systems	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JRockit	B-Language
code	O
base	O
was	O
discontinued	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
features	O
being	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
HotSpot	B-Language
virtual	O
machine	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
mainline	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JRockit	B-Language
only	O
ever	O
supported	O
Java	B-Language
6	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
considered	O
an	O
obsolete	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
finalization	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
in	O
JavaOne	O
2010	O
that	O
the	O
best	O
features	O
of	O
JRockit	B-Language
would	O
be	O
implemented	O
in	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
JRockit	B-Language
has	O
become	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
confirmed	O
the	O
plan	O
to	O
port	O
JRockit	B-Language
features	O
on	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
.	O
</s>
