Sun has released version 6 of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), along with version 3 of the GlassFish application server and the open source NetBeans 6.8 development environment, both supporting the new version of Java.

Java, Sun's widely used software platform, is developed through the Java Community Process (JCP), which involves input from players including large organisations such as Google, HP and IBM, as well as open source groups such as Apache and Eclipse.

The main introduction with the new specification, released on Thursday, is Profiles, which target the platform at specific application scenarios, Sun said.

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