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.
 
 
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