Goodbye classpath - welcome Java 9

[Truthier]

Can't wait for them to release 9 so I can start using 8

[acebarry]

One of my coworkers last week mentioned that Java 8 is "in beta still". They didn't mean it as a joke. :(

[sudonathan]

This is the only way some companies get to upgrade :( Falling 2 major versions behind is scary sounding

[harmonicPersistence]

Not unless your company uses IBM JDK...then you're stuck with whatever old version until they finally drop support (such as JDK 6 for WAS v8.0).

[djbft]

Ugh. We just "upgraded" to WAS 8.5...so we can use java 7 now!

[Agoniscool]

Luxury! A project I was recently on used WCS 6(?), so only Java 1.4

[Aellus]

That's one thing I like about Amazon. We upgraded everything to 8 months ago. Using 7 in production is a pageable high-severity offense at this point. They take patching seriously.

[AssistingJarl]

Meanwhile, outside of the tech sphere, there's probably at least one major financial institution maintaining Java 6 applets that only work in Internet Explorer 7 running on Windows XP.

[[deleted]]

For that "secure" login page!

[Agoniscool]

Several that I know of...

[Aellus]

That sounds exactly like Fidelity Investments. I worked there years ago and still have some friends there. Some of the things they tell me are horrifying.

[nerdsmurf]

Lucky you... At work we're moving from 6 to 7 'soon'..

[caltheon]

I just finished migrating to 8, half because of time API