Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019...
by jacques_chester on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:03AM
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> How is it baiting when it perfectly summarizes the whole news, with no misguidance, no unbased speculations?
Because the implication is that this is a surprise, a novelty -- that it's "new" and hence News -- meaning that something changed and that it was a motivated change.
Which isn't true. Every enterprise software company publishes policies about how much support it will give its products well into the future. I work for Pivotal, we have a general support/lifetime policy and aim to give explicit guidance for every single release we publish of everything we produce.
That folks outside the enterprise universe are learning now what Oracle outlined years ago doesn't make it an evil scheme on Oracle's part. It just means we move in different circles from enterprise buyers, who have different problems and motivations.
I honestly can't believe I'm defending Oracle. Seriously, I never thought I'd see the day.
Because the implication is that this is a surprise, a novelty -- that it's "new" and hence News -- meaning that something changed and that it was a motivated change.
Which isn't true. Every enterprise software company publishes policies about how much support it will give its products well into the future. I work for Pivotal, we have a general support/lifetime policy and aim to give explicit guidance for every single release we publish of everything we produce.
That folks outside the enterprise universe are learning now what Oracle outlined years ago doesn't make it an evil scheme on Oracle's part. It just means we move in different circles from enterprise buyers, who have different problems and motivations.
I honestly can't believe I'm defending Oracle. Seriously, I never thought I'd see the day.