used to be. java 6 (previously widely deployed jvm) was 2006 java 8 (current widely deployed jvm) was 2014 now, 7 years later, we are on java 17 and the most

used to be. java 6 (previously widely deployed jvm) was 2006 java 8 (current widely deployed jvm) was 2014 now, 7 years later, we are on java 17 and the most significant thing to change is to break most everything that worked in 2014, and promotional material dare not mention java 8... In fact "widely deployed" doesnt cut it for java 6, pretty much every pc, windows linux and mac had a solid java 6 deployment. java 17 has a lot to live up to.