Java: RedHat X IBM Annoucement

by seinecleon 2/7/2025, 3:40 AMwith 6 comments

by palmfacehnon 2/7/2025, 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 seinecleon 2/7/2025, 3:40 AM

Am I misreading or is Redhat "selling" its Java team to IBM? Or what? Why?

by pinewurston 2/7/2025, 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.