If you consider news like https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/leadership-op...
.. it doesn't seem they're hugely afraid of openjdk
Re:Red Hat Universal Base Image
by justincormack on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:37PM
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IBM does not yet own RedHat, the deal will close in another couple of months. IBM cannot influence anything RedHat does yet.
I actually see this as another reason to stay below the 'lawsuit radar.' A quick search doesn't seem to turn up anything that looks like a showstopper for the acquisition so presumably while it isn't "done" it is likely to complete, would you agree?
Red Hat already distributes Java in the form of openjdk. Surely the packaging format is irrelevant?
Ah, I understand that former Sun employees have a sword to fight with Oracle, but no one else, besides a timid IBM offer, was that interested into buying Sun assets.
Additionally IBM, Red-Hat and Oracle, collaborate on OpenJDK development and are the few set of companies that actually contribute new language features, with Oracle still having like 90% of contributions.
Re:Red Hat Universal Base Image
by chrisseaton on Thursday May 09, 2019 @04:18PM
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IBM have their own JVM implementation - they could ship that. Or ship their own build of the OpenJDK like many people do.
When you consider that you realize that adding a Java UBI image would just set them up for a fight with Oracle and delay their ability to get moving with UBI.