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That's kind of my point really. When, as I believe is going to happen, Java inevitably becomes unusable, unmaintainable or costly to license (we are talking abo
by chris_wot 8y ago
That's kind of my point really. When, as I believe is going to happen, Java inevitably becomes unusable, unmaintainable or costly to license (we are talking about Oracle here) then a new project to replace the existing system will inevitably be commissioned.
All I am saying is that good management is to look at the risks of sticking with Java and find a migration path earlier, because the longer you wait the more expensive it becomes to move away. And one day you will find you have no choice, and then it will be very expensive.
It is possible to maintain and even add essential features to a legacy system whilst migrating to a new system. Happens all the time.
- simion314 8y agoThe probloem is that you do not understand Java ecosystem and you are spreading FUD, First of all you have OpenJDK that is part of Debian, everyone knows that Debian is very strict about licensing so if it is part of Debian there will be nothing that will make Java retroactively unusable without a paid license.
- chris_wot 8y agoI never mentioned licensing.
- simion314 8y agoThen what is your point, what is the reason to port? Everyone can keep running the existing Java projects with the current JVM and the current libraries for a long time. I am not sure what your work experience is but I worked in small companies that use boring old tech, maybe it would be cool to use some cool language or cool framework but then you still get left behind when the language has a new incompatible version or the frameworks have a new version, the purpose is to keep the project working for the users, we not fix what is not broken.