Abandon Java? Community says it ain’t going to happen

Security flaws and delays in the next version paint a picture of decline that supporters say isn’t true

It seems like nary a day goes by lately where we don’t hear of some adversity affecting Java, the venerated enterprise software platform that has been around since 1995. Just recently:

• Java has been beset by security issues, prompting calls for users to dump Java.
• Java owner Oracle has proposed a two-year delay in introducing critical technologies to the platform (aka Project Jigsaw), including the addition of modularity to standard Java and ofcloud computing capabilities to enterprise Java.