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Oracle and the Java Ecosystem

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-different-approach dept.

First time accepted submitter twofishy writes "After an undeniably rocky start, which saw high profile resignations from the JCP, including Doug Lea (who remains active in the OpenJDK), and the Apache Software Foundation, Oracle is making significant efforts to re-engage with the wider Java ecosystem, a theme which it talked up at the most recent JavaOne conference. The company is working hard to engage with the Java User Group leaders and Java Champions, membership of the OpenJDK project is growing, and the company is making efforts to reform the Java Community Process to improve transparency. The firm has also published a clear, well-defined Java roadmap toward Java 8 and Java 9."

3 of 157 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Oracle matters less thank you'd think by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I disagree, OpenJDK (specially for Java 6) has many incompatibilities. Try running Intellij IDEA on it (they don't recommend it), or even some app servers.

  2. Re:I wish ... by AnAirMagic · · Score: 5, Informative

    It already is the reference implementation

  3. Re:Oracle matters less thank you'd think by goofy183 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Java has gotos:


    loops:
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_I; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < MAX_J; j++) { // do stuff
                    break loops;
            }
    }