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These big companies don't like uncertainty in their IT platform though. And this apparent lack of commitment to Java EE without any communication could scare th

These big companies don't like uncertainty in their IT platform though. And this apparent lack of commitment to Java EE without any communication could scare them away. We can only speculate what's going on at Oracle. Some options come to mind: 1) the JCP is moving too slowly to keep up with the changing IT landscape 2) Oracle no longer sees benefit in standard APIs with competing implementations and interoperability. Maybe it's eyeing enviously Salesforces cloud lockin...

snaky 10y ago
Why don't we just use the Hanlon's razor? > Oracle's overall revenue was down, largely because of its shrinking "on premises" software sales > So how did Oracle increase profit on revenue that shrank overall by about 1 percent? The company slashed the operating cost of performing software updates, license support, developing and supporting new hardware, and services—in other words, through layoffs http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/oracle-boosts-cloud-sales-but-at-expense-of-java-and-everything-else/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/oracle... So top management is in "cut all the corners, don't care about the future, we need our bonuses now" mode, that's it.