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In my opinion it presents an alternative to Java. The licensing also seems easier to explain; Oracle has really worked hard to make Java licensing confusing.

vaylian 8y ago
With so many other programming languages to choose from, "better than Java" does not seem to be a compelling argument to me.
- statictype 8y ago
  How about 'better than Java and a large community of developers'?
- cmiles74 8y ago
  Java his it's niche and it's good to see another language competing in the same space.
  - jgowdy 8y ago
    Respectfully, I think calling the most used language, or at the very least one of the top 3 languages on the entire planet a language that "has its niche" doesn't really do it justice. Niche is usually a dimunitive term.
DannyB2 8y ago
Java Licensing: If you want to pay for a supported Java, with long term ongoing patches: call a commercial vendor of Java such as Oracle, Azul Systems, etc. If you want a free and open source Java runtime, use Open JDK. Some sources of OpenJDK pledge to backport bug fixes from newer versions for some number of years. Or you can simply make sure your product continues to run on newer versions -- which for Java, according to history, has been easy to do. Where to get Open JDK: Adopt Open JDK https://adoptopenjdk.net/ https://adoptopenjdk.net/ https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild Open JDK http://openjdk.java.net/ http://openjdk.java.net/ Azul Systems Zulu http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ Amazon https://aws.amazon.com/fr/corretto/ https://aws.amazon.com/fr/corretto/ https://github.com/corretto https://github.com/corretto Eclipse https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/ https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/ https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk11&jvmVariant=openj9 https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk11&jvm... https://github.com/eclipse/openj9 https://github.com/eclipse/openj9 Red Hat https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/download/ https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/download/ https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 SAP https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine BellSoft https://bell-sw.com/java.html https://bell-sw.com/java.html Oracle JDK -- supported for a limited time unless you pay https://jdk.java.net/11/ https://jdk.java.net/11/ Oracle Binary License Agreement - DANGER Will Robinson! http://java.oracle.com/ http://java.oracle.com/ See: Time to look beyond Oracle's JDK https://blog.joda.org/2018/09/time-to-look-beyond-oracles-jdk.html https://blog.joda.org/2018/09/time-to-look-beyond-oracles-jd... Java is Still Free 2.0.0 https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6b9aa8d6d244 https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6...

vaylian 8y ago

With so many other programming languages to choose from, "better than Java" does not seem to be a compelling argument to me.

statictype 8y ago
How about 'better than Java and a large community of developers'?
cmiles74 8y ago
Java his it's niche and it's good to see another language competing in the same space.
- jgowdy 8y ago
  Respectfully, I think calling the most used language, or at the very least one of the top 3 languages on the entire planet a language that "has its niche" doesn't really do it justice. Niche is usually a dimunitive term.

DannyB2 8y ago

Java Licensing: If you want to pay for a supported Java, with long term ongoing patches: call a commercial vendor of Java such as Oracle, Azul Systems, etc. If you want a free and open source Java runtime, use Open JDK. Some sources of OpenJDK pledge to backport bug fixes from newer versions for some number of years. Or you can simply make sure your product continues to run on newer versions -- which for Java, according to history, has been easy to do. Where to get Open JDK: Adopt Open JDK https://adoptopenjdk.net/ https://adoptopenjdk.net/ https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild https://github.com/ojdkbuild/ojdkbuild Open JDK http://openjdk.java.net/ http://openjdk.java.net/ Azul Systems Zulu http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/ Amazon https://aws.amazon.com/fr/corretto/ https://aws.amazon.com/fr/corretto/ https://github.com/corretto https://github.com/corretto Eclipse https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/ https://www.eclipse.org/openj9/ https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk11&jvmVariant=openj9 https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html?variant=openjdk11&jvm... https://github.com/eclipse/openj9 https://github.com/eclipse/openj9 Red Hat https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/download/ https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/download/ https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 https://access.redhat.com/articles/1299013 SAP https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine BellSoft https://bell-sw.com/java.html https://bell-sw.com/java.html Oracle JDK -- supported for a limited time unless you pay https://jdk.java.net/11/ https://jdk.java.net/11/ Oracle Binary License Agreement - DANGER Will Robinson! http://java.oracle.com/ http://java.oracle.com/ See: Time to look beyond Oracle's JDK https://blog.joda.org/2018/09/time-to-look-beyond-oracles-jdk.html https://blog.joda.org/2018/09/time-to-look-beyond-oracles-jd... Java is Still Free 2.0.0 https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6b9aa8d6d244 https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-2-0-0-6...