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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by pjmlp on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:10PM (#17881254)
You know that the majority of OpenJDK developers are Oracle employees, right?
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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by geodel on Thursday August 30, 2018 @08:25PM (#17881996)
Exactly. Some people think large software as programing language, compilers, GC etc can write itself. Or a few thousand dollar donation will be enough to pay to top engineers to keep working on it.

Oracle/Google/MS or Apple will continue to exert control on direction of languages they developed and open sourced because they continue to pay for majority of development expense.

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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by humbleMouse on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:36PM (#17881402)
I didn't know that. However, doesn't change my stance. Why would I upgrade to java 9 or 10 when I am at the mercy of oracle's lawyers?
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Re:Java’s new garbage collector promises low pause times on ... by didibus on Thursday August 30, 2018 @08:51PM (#17882108)
Why aren't you at the same mercy with Java 8?
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