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Re:Talking to Postgres Through Java 16 Unix-Domain Socket Ch... by dcminter on Friday February 05, 2021 @11:24AM (#26037975)
While I remember, here's a good example of an (IMO) bad decision being made due to the LTS meme: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-Februa...

Point taken about the actual underlying causes of the upgrade pain though.

Speaking personally I very much appreciate all the work that goes into delivering OpenJDK and I think some of the anti-Java groupthink that exists on HN is regrettable.

Re:Talking to Postgres Through Java 16 Unix-Domain Socket Ch... by abraae on Friday February 05, 2021 @01:10PM (#26039346)
I suspect there is a silent majority who enjoy Java's industrial reliability, its longevity, and the sheer volume of libraries and online resources, and can't be bothered raising their heads above the parapet every time someone starts ranting on about how crap OOP is.