The reason they disavow academia is not because there is anything wrong with academia but to make a contrast with their closest competitor, Scala. It's a subtle

The reason they disavow academia is not because there is anything wrong with academia but to make a contrast with their closest competitor, Scala. It's a subtle way of saying "we may look like Scala, because like Scala we are a better Java, but the difference is we are actually useful in the real world. "