Red Hat challenges Oracle's leadership in the open-source community

After Oracle announced that it was not maintaining Java 6, RedHat immediately promised that it would maintain open-source OpenJDK6 for a long time. Although the OpenJDK7 and OpenJDK8 projects will still be supported by other members under the leadership of Oracle, Red Hat still cannot be prevented from trying to support the OpenJDK community (including the new IBM, challenge Oracle's leadership. Craig, Vice President and General Manager of RedHat Middleware

After Oracle announced that it was not maintaining Java 6, Red Hat immediately promised that it would maintain open-source OpenJDK 6 for a long time. Although the OpenJDK 7 and OpenJDK 8 projects will still be supported by other members under the leadership of Oracle, this still cannot prevent RedHat from trying to be in the OpenJDK community (including new IBM) to challenge Oracle's leadership.

Craig Muzilla, Vice President and General Manager of Red Hat middleware, said: you cannot abandon open-source projects. Now, many users and code rely on OpenJDK 6, and RedHat will be dedicated to serving these needs.

Despite the recent vulnerabilities in Java, Muzilla believes that the Community should work closely together to continue to maintain OpenJDK 6. He said: RedHat understands the social trend of open source and the importance of responsible management for open source. RedHat is planning to use its rich community management experience to ensure that an excellent open-source Java product remains on the market for a long time.

Red Hat's key Java Platform Enterprise applications are growing steadily. Both through JBoss acquisition and other initiatives have achieved good results. Their statement about how to lead the OpenJDK Community fully demonstrates their extreme concerns about Java. Redhat's behavior is actually equivalent to leading a technology abandoned by its parents. This requires courage and investment, perhaps as Al Hilwa of IDC said: "Redhat's continued investment in supporting Java, we have done a good job."

RedHat not only wants to lead OpenJDK 6, but also Andrew Haley, a long-time Java technology leader, has become the main leader in the OpenJDK community. RedHat has become a formal member of the OpenJDK council. Recently, Council members showed up at the FOSDEM Open-Source Developer Conference, ignoring the existence of powerful oracle on the Council. Obviously, this is a competition between Oracle and RedHat on the right to speak in the open-source community, time will prove who is strong.