[Info-vax] J2SE 5.0 End of Service Life Notice

[Arne Vajhøj]

Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER wrote:
> From SUN's JAVA page:
> 
> 	http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
> 
> J2SE 5.0 End of Service Life Notice
> 
> J2SE 5.0 reached its End of Service Life (EOSL) on November 3, 2009,
> which is the date of the final publicly available update of version 5.0
> (J2SE 5.0 Update 22). Customers interested in learning more about Sun's
> Java Technology Support and EOL policy [Read More]
> 
> Customers interested in continuing to receive critical fixes are
> encouraged to consider the following options:
> 
>     * Migrate to Java for Business 1.5 [Read More]
>     * Migrate to the latest Java SE release [Read More]
> 
> For developer needs, all products that have completed the EOL transition 
> period, including the last Java SE release of 1.5, have been moved to the
> [Archive] area. 
> 
> Does anyone know what this means for JAVA(150) on OpenVMS Alpha?
> Will we get a JAVA60 on Alpha too/soon?
> (Last time I checked the OpenVMS roadmaps, I only saw JAVA6 for Itanic)

SUN delivers Java implementations for Windows, Solaris and Linux x86.

They have EOL'd the free version of those.

HP decide when their Java implementations (VMS, Tru64, HP-UX) EOL's.

The fact that it is based on SUN code does not imply that
the EOL rules for the free SUN implementations apply.

HP will to some extent be depending on EOL in their agreement
with SUN.

But since SUN will need to support the code anyway for their
paying customers, then it seems obvious that if HP is willing
to pay SUN, then HP can support Java 1.5 on VMS for many
years to come if they want to.

Note all the if's.

Arne