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> Java 8 is still relatively recent for the Enterprise world. Most actual surveys put Java 8 penetration at 70 - 80%. Dig deeper and the <20% of projects not
by dnomad 8y ago
> Java 8 is still relatively recent for the Enterprise world.
Most actual surveys put Java 8 penetration at 70 - 80%. Dig deeper and the <20% of projects not on Java 8 aren't under active development and are purely in maintenance mode.
This is what makes the entire exercise a myth. People may want to believe this stuff but again it has no practical basis.
- pjmlp 8y agoYep, like Java 1.4 running on Red-Hat Linux 5 deployments, where no one is allowed to touch beyond bug fixes and security updates.
- 3rdAccount 8y agoI thought RHEL5 security updates were over right?
- pjmlp 8y agoYep, but I know of a few servers still running it.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoHow are those surveys done? I'm not sure if the type of companies I'm thinking about are answering surveys, or otherwise participate in broader developer community. I was pretty much spearheading the use of Java 8 in one company ~2.5 years ago, but I know some teams actively developing there only upgraded a year ago, and I'm willing to bet the main customer still didn't...