![]() ![]() Many projects are still on (or recently reached) Java 8. in spite of Java's attempts at backwards compatibility, migrating non-trivial projects to new major releases of the JDK has always been painful and slow. This changed around JDK 9, but see the next point. It was a lower-performance, "reference" implementation, explicitly NOT recommended for production deployments. Open JDK has not historically been a production-ready deployment. The problem has to do with various factors in Java and Oracle history: I'm probably missing something here since I'm not a deep java user, but what's the problem with that release model? If you don't want to buy a support contract, then you'll have to download the newest OpenJDK to get those updates and patches." Oracle is basically telling you, "If you want more than 6 months of support, buy a support contract. In all honesty though, it sounds perfectly reasonable: I'm probably missing something though, since the internet outrage machine is in high gear. But it seems completely reasonable to me. (Well, we make some game server side stuff with java, but our big stuff is Unity). I'm a Unity user, so no dog in that race really. I mean, what's wrong with Oracle only supporting every OpenJDK for 6 months? ![]() There was enough concern about all the FUD people are throwing around that Oracle took the step of providing a more visual explanation a long time ago. Here is a pretty good write up on everything that's happening: In my own opinion, people are getting a bit upset over nothing. ![]()
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