BlueJ is currently being maintained by a joint team at the University of Kent, Canterbury, England – where Kölling now lectures, and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.
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BlueJ is the primary recommended learning software for the Java section of the Computer Application course in ICSE schools all over India, where it is considered the de facto software for learning the basics of Object Oriented Programming and has proven extremely popular due to its ease of use and wide support in schools and educational centers.
The computer and basic science courses offered at the school include: GW-BASIC; Java (using the BlueJ IDE); and Logo.
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In 2006, the Java Champions supported Michael Kölling in his attempts to get Microsoft to withdraw their patent application that would have stopped BlueJ.