> EE has been the cash cow that kept Java alive after applets fell out of favor. I have no insight into Oracles reasoning or finances, I can just see their act

> EE has been the cash cow that kept Java alive after applets fell out of favor. I have no insight into Oracles reasoning or finances, I can just see their actions. While I assume they make money off WebLogic licenses I can't image that revenue is growing in the double digit range per year. I assume that Oracle as a publicly traded company is forced to produce growth numbers. These days that's could. They probably some imagine to provide some sort of Java could, that would explain why they pushed so hard for Jigsaw. This doesn't really have make sense to you and me, just to Oracle execs.