I think it's a mix of complacency, the change to a LTS model, internal governance, and lack of awareness. The company will only get off their ass once 1.8 no lo

I think it's a mix of complacency, the change to a LTS model, internal governance, and lack of awareness. The company will only get off their ass once 1.8 no longer receives any updates. Looking at some of the older tickets in the system, this was the case when java 7 was no longer supported (massive influx of migration tickets in '15).