Java End of Life Time

[Lussier, Denis]

I agree with what John has said below.   But, I also believe that OpenJDK 6
has a very bright future.   It is a mature & major part of many production
*nix  operating systems and vendors like Redhat (and others) have made sure
that it is kept up to date with applicable security fixes from the newer
dev branches.

I believe a major question is...  Do many people really care about using
OpenJDK 6 on Windoze.   I've been packaging it and making it publically for
two years and to date the answer is unclear.   Sometimes I think there is
more interest in building it than using it.  :-)

--Luss


On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 6:11 AM, John Yeary <johnyeary at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why would we want to continue to support JDK6 when the community is focused
> on JDK7, JDK8, and JDK9. There may a future in someone (company) other than
> Oracle to provide the support from the OpenJDK side of things. However, I
> think that the focus should be on getting companied to stay current.
>
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> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Frans Thamura <frans at meruvian.org> wrote:
>
> > hi all
> >
> > a small question..
> >
> > we know the Java 6 will end , a life time support will be come..
> >
> > but if, the community product.. we also the community people, can work
> > together to continue the life time . rather pay to oracle, no all of
> > us love this model.
> >
> > https://java.sys-con.com/node/2154299
> >
> > any idea to keep make J6 supported? if oracle ask us for pay for the life
> > time
> >
> >
> > F
> >
>