| ▲ | 27183 2 hours ago | |||||||
What happens to OpenJDK when Oracle dies? That's looking increasingly likely on a 3-5yr horizon. | ||||||||
| ▲ | saghm 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Probably it would get picked up by someone else (e.g. the Linux Foundation)? It's GPLv2-licensed, so it's not like the code is going to be risky for someone to fork | ||||||||
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| ▲ | tombert 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I don't think Oracle will die, but even entertaining the hypothetical I suspect that some other organization (e.g. Apache) would pick up and maintain a fork. | ||||||||
| ▲ | cesarb 33 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
The same that happened when Sun died: it gets bought by someone else. | ||||||||
| ▲ | sandeepkd 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Way too much rides on Java, pretty much every big business has their own customized version of JDK that they support and maintain | ||||||||
| ▲ | ImJamal 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
IBM, Red Hat, Microsoft, SAP, Amazon and others all work on the JDK. They would have to step it up to cover the loss of Oracle's contributions, but I am sure they could manage. Regardless, your timeframe on Oracle's death seems way too soon. | ||||||||