Why the Java Community Abandoned the Oracle JDK

The Oracle JDK used to be the gold standard used by Java developers worldwide. That all changed when Oracle made a surprise announcement in 2017, forcing users to pay to use their JDK in production. This is the story of community efforts to keep the JDK free and a slow erosion of trust in Oracle after repeated bad decisions.

Why do we have so many JDK versions and vendors to choose from now? If you're confused by terms like Oracle JDK, OpenJDK, Temurin, Zulu, and Corretto, I promise they'll make a lot more sense after watching this video.

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▶️ VIDEO CHAPTERS
The Java community is alienated 0:00
A surprise announcement about the Oracle JDK 1:08
A possible solution from OpenJDK 1:57
The Oracle OpenJDK update issue 2:48
An explosion of OpenJDK vendors 4:28
Yet another announcement from Oracle 5:47
An angry reaction from the Java community 6:31
Some interesting conclusions 7:14