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Java: RedHat X IBM Annoucement

by seinecle on 2/7/25, 3:40 AM with 6 comments

  • by palmfacehn on 2/7/25, 4:28 AM

    >However, today Java is at an inflection point. Customers are facing end of lifecycle and support uncertainty (such as the upcoming end of Java 8 community support and the challenging prospect of migrating countless applications to newer but substantially different versions of Java).

    I'm unaware of cases where Java 8 sources will not compile on newer JVMs.

  • by seinecle on 2/7/25, 3:40 AM

    Am I misreading or is Redhat "selling" its Java team to IBM? Or what? Why?
  • by pinewurst on 2/7/25, 5:53 AM

    I have to imagine the so-to-be IBMers aren’t happy. Among other things, they’re now stuck with IBM’s BS once a year 401k match.