Happy New Year! As we enter the new decade, I decided it was time to write my now annual blog post giving my thoughts on what this year might hold for Java. I'll also look back on my predictions in the last post to see how accurate (or not) I was.
Obviously, the most significant thing this year will be the celebration of a whole quarter of a century since Java was launched. I plan to write a lengthy missive about the last 25 years of Java closer to the time.
JVM Calendar: Java Is Still Free
I traditionally write up a retrospective on the year from the perspective of the Java Ecosystem. But this past year, there were some major announcements by Oracle on their positioning around Java support and subscription licensing, which has sent the ecosystem into a bit of a tailspin.
The information by Oracle was often misread, misinterpreted, and misunderstood with the added complication of many folks not understanding their options going forward.