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* Support for older Win9x versions dropped; unofficially, Java 6 Update 7 was the last release of Java shown to work on these versions of Windows.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} This is believed{{by whom|date=November 2011}} to be due to the major changes in Update 10.

* Scripting Language Support ([[JSR 223]]): Generic API for tight integration with scripting languages, and built-in [[Mozilla]] [[JavaScript]] [[Rhino (JavaScript engine)|Rhino]] integration.

* Dramatic performance improvements for the core platform,<ref name="lobby">[http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t66270.html Java Lobby] {{Webarchiveusurped|url1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081013044209/http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t66270.html |date=2008-10-13Java Lobby]}}.</ref><ref name="weblog">{{Cite web|url=http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/11/mustangs_hotspo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102103432/http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/11/mustangs_hotspo.html|url-status=dead|title=Mustang's HotSpot|archive-date=January 2, 2007}}</ref> and [[Swing (Java)|Swing]].

* Improved Web Service support through [[JAX-WS]] ([[JSR 224]]).

* [[Java Database Connectivity|JDBC]] 4.0 support ([[JSR 221]]).