Remember, Oracle is not a technology company
Oracle is an excellent sales company, that happens to sell hardware and software. A lot of their products were acquired, not created internally, paid for by the profits of that one product they did create, many years ago: the Oracle DB.
A lot of us hoped that the Sun acquisition would inject a "technical innovation" gene into Larry's baby, and perhaps that has occurred, but Sun's faith in open-source sharing of IP has clearly been rejected. The stewardship of Java clearly takes a back-seat to Oracle's other interests (profits). Instead, control of Java is mainly being used to harm the interests of competitors such as IBM and Red Hat.
It is time to reform the JCP. Java has grown up, and should be allowed to run its own life. Initiatives like microprofile (which is much more than simply a Red Hat thing, BTW) may well be the future, regardless of the JCP and Oracle.
Reformation in the Java universe is long overdue, and needed if Java is to evolve to address modern software development needs. Oracle, please go back to what you're best at, namely selling stuff, and trust those who are better at open-source innovation to generate new products and markets for you to buy into later on.
Free Duke now!