Java 9's Java Platform Modular System
So that would be ... Java now has PMS?
Java 9's Java Platform Modular System, that's caused Oracle so much trouble has passed the community vote and will ship in September. The final vote had all members of the community process voting “yes” for the platform, save Red Hat, which abstained. Explaining its abstention, Red Hat remains concerned about the “impact on …
It's on PyPI so it must be right, right?
Edsger W. Dijkstra, pffft. What does he know.
I bear scars from Oracle starting from version 5. My default position is: When Oracle wants something the hostages that are their customers should check their contracts. I am certainly not inclined to trust a company that set a default install of the Ask toolbar when some unsuspecting user clicked on a link to install Java...
"In May, the specification was voted down by the community in spite of warnings from Oracle that a “no” vote would undermine the community process."
I'm struggling to think why asking the community for an answer and not getting the one you want undermines the "community process" more than making the threat in first place.