Subj : Re: Java
To : Jagossel
From : Chai
Date : Thu Nov 15 2018 10:56 pm
-=> Jagossel wrote to Chai <=-
Ja> Oracle seems to be heading down the wrong direction, if thst were the
Ja> case. How is that going to work? You have to pay just to use the Java
Ja> VM or pay to get the SDK? I would imagine the latter.
I've done some digging around. Updates to the Oracle version, support and
enterprise tools will require a commercial license for non-personal use.
However, they will be linking the builds with the OpenJDK, so that there
is little to no technical difference. So, I suppose there is a roadmap
for business' to simply use the OpenJDK version without support, if they
want to avoid Oracle subscriptions. It only affects the Oracle JDK.
Ja> For crying out loud, at least Microsoft went in the proper direction
Ja> and has been working on opening up their .NET platorm by making their
Ja> CLR and MSBUILD open source, and starting the .NET Core as an open
Ja> source project. Among other things that Microsoft bas changed over the
Ja> recent years after Bill Gates retired.
That's what the communities are saying.
Ja> The software vendor I work for does use Java for their portal software,
Ja> and we use it combine and minify our JavaScript files for our front
Ja> end. I would imagine that will hurt us, but probably not stop us.
Ja> Hopefully, the open source implementation, OpenJDK, will fill in the
Ja> gap.
If they will be keeping the technologies in sync, it sounds like it should.
