Yesterday I was invited to an expert panel accompanying the JDK 11 Release. Thanks to Oracle and the DPunkt-Verlag, that organized the event. We had a lot of fun discussing new features, the new licensing model, but also issues that did not go so well in this release. The video is in German.
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If you just want to try things out, I recommend using the OpenJDK, because you can use it for anything without having to worry when to buy a commercial license.