{"id":19397,"date":"2016-01-29T09:23:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T09:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=19397"},"modified":"2016-01-29T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T09:30:29","slug":"web-developers-are-anticipating-big-contracts-java-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=19397","title":{"rendered":"Web Developers Are Anticipating Big Contracts &#8211; Java Is Dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Java was meant to be the foundation of a universal platform for all operating systems that would flatten applications and the Internet. It was meant to be great for all. But what Java accomplished was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was a platform of incompatibility. How many of us have dealt with users requiring 3-4 versions of Java and teaching \u201cHopeless John\/Joan in Finance\u201d how to switch between those versions, and getting at least 1 helpdesk call from him\/her per day.<\/li>\n<li>Becoming one of the most attacked products on the planet, thanks to it\u2019s gaping holes and slow updates from Sun\/Oracle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So it was kind of funny that almost every Bank and every tax collection agency on the planet adopted Java as their required application runtime. Customers\/tax payers around the world are running the ancient and vulnerable Java 4.x because the code requires it.<\/p>\n<p>And this is why IT staffs hate, no \u2026 <strong><em><u><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HATE<\/span><\/u><\/em><\/strong> Java.<\/p>\n<p>Start partying \u2026 Oracle <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oracle.com\/java-platform-group\/entry\/moving_to_a_plugin_free\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plugin in JDK 9. This technology will be removed from the Oracle JDK and JRE in a future Java SE release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words: JAVA IS DEAD!<\/p>\n<p>Woooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!<\/p>\n<p>Two groups will be delighted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Web developers are anticipating Y2K fees from Banks and government finance departments who are now in a race against end of support.<\/li>\n<li>IT pros who are anticipating the removal of Java hack-ware and helpdesk-ticket-ware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Java was meant to be the foundation of a universal platform for all operating systems that would flatten applications and the Internet. It was meant to be great for all. But what Java accomplished was: It was a platform of incompatibility. 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