> It could reasonably be years before many shops transition to Java 9 Java 9 is short term support release, ending support with the release of Java 10 / Java 1

> It could reasonably be years before many shops transition to Java 9 Java 9 is short term support release, ending support with the release of Java 10 / Java 18.3 (March 2018). Next LTS JVM release is supposed to be 11 in 1.5 - 2 down the road. A lof to large organizations will be holding back for the next LTS release before considering migration.