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Surprise! But this is great, giving a boost to openJDK (and maybe even Google's Android Java), as Oracle did for Hudson->Jenkins. By the time they try to claw

Surprise! But this is great, giving a boost to openJDK (and maybe even Google's Android Java), as Oracle did for Hudson->Jenkins. By the time they try to claw it back, it will be too late.

Arkanosis 9y ago
Isn't Oracle the main sponsor of OpenJDK? They sure want you to move to an up to date (ie. 9 or 10) version of it.
- Piskvorrr 9y ago
  They are - but I don't think they can somehow unrelease OpenJDK 8.
  - PedroBatista 9y ago
    Well, they did it with Open Solaris. You never know with these people..
    - pron 9y ago
      Was Open Solaris also used by close to 10 million developers?
      - nameless912 9y ago
        Never underestimate Oracle's power to shoot themselves in their own feet.