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Oracle has gotten a lot of heat for its handling of Java, with some speculating that even though Oracle hasn't killed Java yet, it still has time to do so. But let's not overlook the substantial progress Oracle has made in moving Java forward since officially taking over more than four years ago.

Yes, Oracle's Java road has been filled with some serious bumps. The company scared away proponents of the Hudson continuous integration server, which resulted in the Jenkins fork. Oracle eventually washed its hands of Hudson and handed it to the Eclipse Foundation. Also, Oracle halted commercial support for new versions of the open source GlassFish application server, with users who want support having to consider the more-expensive WebLogic Server platform.

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