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I mean... sure. Oracle doesn't OWE me anything. They can do what they want. But if they want a positive relationship with their community, they could not break
by jhugg 11y ago
I mean... sure. Oracle doesn't OWE me anything. They can do what they want. But if they want a positive relationship with their community, they could not break compatibility with every Java release.
I don't know if they care. At some point, people will rebel, but I can't predict where that tipping point is.
- flurdy 11y agoJust no. Their hesitancy to not break backwards compatibility is why Java got so stale. They have gotten better since 1.5 but I would prefer if they broke it more often. JVM however is a different matter.
- reagency 11y agoYou are talking about Sun really. But Java got really stale when Oracle bought Sun and no one cared about Java language for a few years. That's why 7 was so late and had almost no features. Everything in 8 was supposed to be in 7.