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Re: Java 9

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On 1/25/2018 4:03 PM, Eric Douglas wrote:
> First, when does Java 9 go mainstream?  Anyone just looking for a JRE 
> to run a Java based app will go to https://java.com/en/download/ which 
> currently still downloads 8.

Java 9 was released almost a half year ago (September 21st). I would
say that it is mainstream.

I have no idea why https://java.com/en/download/ still point to 8.

https://java.sun.com/ redirecting to 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html has 9 (9.0.4).

Maybe they simply forgot.

Or someone decided that since applets became deprecated in Java 9, then
a site geared towards applets should stay on 8.

Regarding when the majority of users actually make the switch, then my
feeling is that:
* pure Java SE users switch 6-18 months after release, they want to see
   the most severe bugs found and fixed, and then they need to do some
   test as part of a regular release
* Java EE users switch 1-4 years after release [some may even wait
   longer, but in that case they may skip a version], the process is way
   longer because first the app server vendor need to support the
   new version, and then they need to test as part of a release -
   and releases in the server world are often less frequent than
   releases in desktop world

Arne

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Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-25 13:03 -0800
  Re: Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-25 13:10 -0800
    Re: Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-01-25 20:16 -0500
      Re: Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-26 06:43 -0800
  Re: Java 9 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-01-25 17:09 -0500
    Re: Java 9 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2018-01-25 20:00 -0500
    Re: Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-26 06:16 -0800
      Re: Java 9 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2018-01-26 09:37 -0500
  Re: Java 9 Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com> - 2018-01-25 17:23 -0600
    Re: Java 9 Hiram Hunt <hiramhunt@verizon.net> - 2018-01-26 08:31 -0500
      Re: Java 9 Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2018-01-26 06:06 -0800
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