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Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? If you work at tech companies led by tech people who think of their companies as tech companie
by patmcc 3y ago
Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies?
If you work at tech companies led by tech people who think of their companies as tech companies, yah, you'll probably be on new(ish) versions.
Most software isn't written at companies like that; it's written at boring business companies (like banks and utilities) that are led by business people who say "what do you mean to want to update java? Isn't it working fine? That would cost us a huge amount of money and be super risky and it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8."
- joshmanders 3y ago> Do you think Oracle is supporting Java 8 until 2030 for funsies? > "... it's not even end-of-life. Go write more Java 8." Sounds like Oracle is enabling this response by not EOL'ing it. Just like IE didn't die completely until Microsoft stopped supporting it.
- rr808 3y agoActually we have a mission critical application running Java 6. 8 remains a dream.
- wiseowise 3y agoOur bank migrated to Java 17 year ago and plans to upgrade to Java 21 are in motion already.