Let's not debate opinion on the Oracle stewardship here, we certainly have different views that come from different experiences.
Let's discuss facts instead :) -- Brice On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Kant Kodali <k...@peernova.com> wrote: > yeah well I don't think Oracle is treating Java the way Google is treating > Go and I am not a big fan of Go mainly because I understand the JVM is far > more robust than anything that is out there. > > "Oracle just doesn't understand open source" These are the words from > James Gosling himself > > I do think its better to stay away from Oracle as we never know when they > would switch open source to closed source. Given their history of practices > their statements are not credible. > > I am pretty sure the community would take care of OpenJDK. > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 2:04 AM, Brice Dutheil <brice.duth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The problem described in this article is different than what you have on >> your servers and I’ll add this article should be reaad with caution, as The >> Register is known for sensationalism. The article itself has no substantial >> proof or enough details. In my opinion this article is clickbait. >> >> Anyway there’s several point to think of instead of just swicthing to >> OpenJDK : >> >> - >> >> There is technical differences between Oracle JDK and openjdk. Where >> there’s licensing issues some libraries are closed source in Hotspot like >> font, rasterizer or cryptography and OpenJDK use open source alternatives >> which leads to different bugs or performance. I believe they also have >> minor differences in the hotspot code to plug in stuff like Java Mission >> Control or Flight Recorder or hotpost specific options. >> Also I believe that Oracle JDK is more tested or more up to date than >> OpenJDK. >> >> So while OpenJDK is functionnaly the same as Oracle JDK it may not >> have the same performance or the same bugs or the same security fixes. >> (Unless are your ready to test that with your production servers and your >> production data). >> >> I don’t know if datastax have released the details of their >> configuration when they test Cassandra. >> - >> >> There’s also a question of support. OpeJDK is for the community. >> Oracle can offer support but maybe only for Oracle JDK. >> >> Twitter uses OpenJDK, but they have their own JVM support team. Not >> sure everyone can afford that. >> >> As a side note I’ll add that Oracle is paying talented engineers to work >> on the JVM to make it great. >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> -- Brice >> >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 6:55 AM, Kant Kodali <k...@peernova.com> wrote: >> >>> Looking at this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_ >>> java_users_non_compliance/?mt=1481919461669 I don't know why Cassandra >>> recommends Oracle JVM? >>> >>> JVM is a great piece of software but I would like to stay away from >>> Oracle as much as possible. Oracle is just horrible the way they are >>> dealing with Java in General. >>> >>> >>> >> >
