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There is an Alpha release of Java for OS/2 and eComStation based on Oracle's OpenJDK 6 on Netlabs FTP. See the readme.os2 for information and installation instructions.

Also see svn.netlabs.org/java/wiki for current information.
"The latest version of OpenJDK 6 is 1.6.0-b19 Alpha released on 01.10.2010. This is a first public release intended for testing purposes only. It can only compile and run console Java applications, AWT and Swing classes are not yet available."

Roadmap is located at svn.netlabs.org/java/roadmap

Report problems or feature requests at svn.netlabs.org/java/report

Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b19_sdk_os2_alpha-20101001.zip
Requires: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20101001-release.wpi

Note: They are still in need of sponsors to support completion of Java development. If you are interested in sponsoring Java please contact Silvan Scherrer (silvan dot scherrer at aroa dot ch) directly.