Simon Ritter joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. He's now written an opinion piece for InfoWorld warning that "Between 2029 and 2032, every currently supported long-term support (LTS) version of Java will reach end-of-support within a single three-year window."

That's Java 17 in 2029, Java 8 in 2030, Java 21 in 2031, and Java 11 in 2032...

On paper, this looks like a manageable upgrade cycle. In practice, it creates a collision of timelines that most enterprises have failed to forecast. Organizations attempting to modernize incrementally — moving application by application, version by version — are operating on a model that the calendar has already rendered obsolete... [W]hen every major Java version expires in the same compressed window, sequential planning collapses. By the time this becomes obvious, organizations will be forced into reactive mode, making rushed decisions under extreme pressure.

For organizations planning traditional stepwise upgrades — Java 8 to Java 11 to Java 17 to Java 21 — this convergence elevates a routine maintenance task into a structural crisis. Enterprises with large Java estates will be forced to upgrade multiple applications across multiple versions simultaneously to maintain security compliance and business continuity.

"Parallel modernization requires parallel capacity — something most organizations haven't budgeted for," he points out. "This explains why traditional approaches struggle to scale."

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This apparent rise in accusations around 'AI slop' does not appear to be part of a broader or more general increase in online hostility: older invective forms such as 'shill', 'sockpuppet', and 'troll' remained relatively stable during the same period, suggesting that suspicion of AI emerged as a novel form of social boundary-policing, rather than a continuation or extension of earlier internet feuds. [original paper on arxiv]

Prime minister says British armed forces intercepted a Russian shadow fleet vessel in the early hours of Sunday morning

• British armed forces intercept Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in Channel

Al Carns, who quit as armed forces minister earlier in the week and is now being tipped as a potential Labour leadership race contender, has been speaking on Laura Kuenssberg’s Sunday Politics programme.

“I’ve been told that the prime minister has got a bank account and also a company ready to fight a leadership contest, so he’s all set up and ready to go. Have you done that?” Kuenssberg put to the former minister.

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Election of new Hungarian government in April has paved way for EU member states to agree to open talks

Ukraine and Moldova will take a decisive step towards joining the EU on Monday, as they embark on the first phase of membership negotiations.

The start of substantive negotiations, launched by senior EU officials and ministers from both countries in Luxembourg on Monday, will be a highly symbolic moment for the two countries that were both part of the former Soviet Union. It comes after Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukrainian towns and cities, while sustaining huge losses for little territorial gain.

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