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It's not clear to me, why does the world needs another JDK? What does this offer that currently isn't out there?
by lostsoul8282 5y ago
It's not clear to me, why does the world needs another JDK? What does this offer that currently isn't out there?
- jabroni_salad 5y agoIt's a decent compliant stopgap as IT operations continues its general battle to remove all Oracle products from the environment
- Sheen96 5y agoAn alternative to the standard JDK that's supported by Oracle. Generally, the less stuff Oracle controls, the better (not to say Amazon having control is inherently better, but imo, it's better than Oracle)
- pjmlp 5y agoMost of Amazon's work is served on a plate by Oracle, given the ratio of OpenJDK code.
- belter 5y agoIt's not another JDK, its Amazon build of the OpenJDK, like Azul has been doing for a few years.
- shellac 5y agoYes, perhaps better thought of as a distribution or packaging. Somewhat analogous to linux distributions. I thought Azul was a bit more customised around the gc, so not quite the same JVM?
- belter 5y agoI think you are talking about their other offers? I was referring to ones at the bottom of this page under section: "Download Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK" https://www.azul.com/downloads/?package=jdk https://www.azul.com/downloads/?package=jdk
- dr-detroit 5y ago
- neurostimulant 5y agoApparently Oracle changes the license of their openjdk builds a while ago, so big corps decided it'll be safer to maintain their own jdk build in case Oracle's lawyers come knocking.