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Yes, Java is basically new COBOL. Ugly yet to stay in a lot of places for a while.


You should realize that Java (JVM and libraries) is completely open source (GPL). Oracle JDK is just another build of OpenJDK. This means the ecosystem is not tied to a vendor: if you build your systems on Java, you are your own master.




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