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by BjorksEgo 2782 days ago
This amazon release specifically says that amazon will only support up to 2023, what makes you think they won't do the same?
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The Amazon release promises support out to that date.

There's fairly good business reason to think that, if OpenJDK continues to be popular and relevant (as I expect it will be), that Amazon will continue to extend that date, keeping it roughly four to five years in the future each time. They're giving confidence in the long-term support of Java on their platform, not making an indefinite promise about the future.

Also to note James Gosling works at Amazon since May '17. They clearly have a vested interest in Java.