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According to Oracle's roadmap, Java 8 is scheduled to get support from March 2014 to December 2030, and I can't think of other software that has ever had that l

According to Oracle's roadmap, Java 8 is scheduled to get support from March 2014 to December 2030, and I can't think of other software that has ever had that long of a support lifecycle.

pulse7 4y ago
IBM usually has VERY LONG support times. IBM OS/2 (running in many ATMs) was supported for a loooong time...
nailer 4y ago
Yep. And there’ll be something made in Java 8 in 2030 that nobody has invested in since when it was written, and there’ll be a big budget risky rewrite.