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> Companies used to be able to rely on the same version of Java for years AND get security etc updates, without paying Oracle (and before that, SUN). People ha
by throwaway3984 8y ago
> Companies used to be able to rely on the same version of Java for years AND get security etc updates, without paying Oracle (and before that, SUN).
People have already had years of support for Java 8 including support updates. By 2019 they will have had five years of it. Nothing's changed.
- coldtea 8y agoAs you said: "People have already had years of support for Java 8 including support updates". What's changed is that this wont be the case anymore for 9, 10, 11, and so on. Plus, after 9, each new release will be out in 3-6 months (can't remember which) instead of years. And support for the previous n-1 release will end in the same day. Plus, despite their frequency they'll have major language changes (whereas usually Java did much smaller scale changes + full backwards compatibility).