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by addisonj 8y ago
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Tl;Dr: with Oracle changing the release versioning of Java, LTS releases are now essentially a paid product. If you run a large business with a lot of Java that is now a significant new burden to deal with.
- gojomo 8y agoAnd also perhaps a rising desire at Amazon to take Oracle down a few notches, as also seen in the recent “uh huh, keep talking Larry” announcements? EG: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/12/stay_classy_jassy_gets_sassy_with_larry/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/12/stay_classy_jassy_g...
- Yeroc 8y agoAnd perhaps also a desire to maintain parity with Azure since they announced Java LTS support via Azul for their customers a couple months ago (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/blog/microsoft-and-azul-systems-bring-free-java-lts-support-to-azure/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/blog/microsoft-and-azul-sy...).