Java's interop must make with other JVM stuff is definitely notable. And the proprietary Oracle concerns (whether valid or not) sure seems like an extra wrench.
I would look at the subject also from the geo location perspective. I'm not familiar what the state of Java as a job requirement skill is in North America, but in Europe knowing Java pretty much guaranties you a stable longterm job.
I might be wrong, but I do not see that getting changed anytime soon. Of course, my comment doesn't stand against learning alternative JVM languages, which is what I'm doing at the moment as well.
I think Oracle Legal threw the towel into that ring. Java is only becoming more and more a community owned platform. All commercial features from the original Java distribution have become part OpenJDK which is the default JVM distribution/reference implementation. I think Oracle is going to try to earn money by delivering an alternate Java runtime which is currently named GraalVM. It's open source and free for non-commercial use. It provides a whole bunch of interesting things which companies might be interested in to pay for.
Java as a language is also picking up speed again. Unless JetBrains is going to open Kotlin and make it a community language I think it will eventually lose from new-Java.
If the Oracle/Java debacle showed anything it is that for a single company to try to keep control over a technology can lead to its downfall, or lack of success.
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Java's interop must make with other JVM stuff is definitely notable. And the proprietary Oracle concerns (whether valid or not) sure seems like an extra wrench.
I would look at the subject also from the geo location perspective. I'm not familiar what the state of Java as a job requirement skill is in North America, but in Europe knowing Java pretty much guaranties you a stable longterm job.
I might be wrong, but I do not see that getting changed anytime soon. Of course, my comment doesn't stand against learning alternative JVM languages, which is what I'm doing at the moment as well.
I think Oracle Legal threw the towel into that ring. Java is only becoming more and more a community owned platform. All commercial features from the original Java distribution have become part OpenJDK which is the default JVM distribution/reference implementation. I think Oracle is going to try to earn money by delivering an alternate Java runtime which is currently named GraalVM. It's open source and free for non-commercial use. It provides a whole bunch of interesting things which companies might be interested in to pay for.
Java as a language is also picking up speed again. Unless JetBrains is going to open Kotlin and make it a community language I think it will eventually lose from new-Java.
If the Oracle/Java debacle showed anything it is that for a single company to try to keep control over a technology can lead to its downfall, or lack of success.