But here's some good news: Amazon has recently released a new free JVM (java virtual machine) implementation based on the OpenJDK specification, called Corretto. In this post, I want to share some news about it. (Off the bat, let me tell my friends on any Linux flavor other than Amazon Linux 2, this is not yet available to you. For now it is only available for Amazon Linux 2 as well as Windows, MacOS, and as a docker image. Other Linux flavors are due in Q1 2019.)

For much more, read on.

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Did you know that Oracle will no longer offer free updates/security patches for Java 8, if Java is used for commercial purposes beyond Jan 2019? After that, you must pay them for support/updates (including security updates). And did you know that they are not offering their next "long-term" release, Java 11, free for PRODUCTION use at all (and that you must obtain a separate license)? Finally, while Oracle will be offering a free openJDK implementation, did you know they will only be committing to supporting/updating it for 6 months after release, leaving subsequent updates to the community of contributors?

These are important changes for those running CF, since it runs on Java. (CF2016, 11, and 10 run on Java 8. And while CF2018 came out on Java 10, that Java release will not last for long, yet another complication/curiosity that I wrote about back in May: On ColdFusion and its support for Java 9, 10, and 11.)

For now, while Adobe is aware of the issue of the pending Oracle licensing change, they have yet to clarify things on the matter (at this writing, Nov 15 2018).

While we await that news from them, I wanted to share this news here to help my readers, as well as a bit more below for those wondering about the matter, and options going forward.

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TomcatCon 2018

First up, in late September, I'll be presenting at Apache's TomcatCon (being held within ApacheCon North America 2018, in Montreal), where I will be speaking on Tomcat Monitoring Alternatives, Pros and Cons.

Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2018

The next week, in early October, I'll be presenting at Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2018 (in Las Vegas), where I will be presenting 3 times:

• first as one of the day-long pre-conference workshops, mine on "Troubleshooting Common CF Challenges", on Oct 1
• Then my "Hidden Gems in CF2018" talk on Oct 2 (which they are labeling, "Adobe ColdFusion 2018 hidden gems")
• Finally I will be presenting most of the FusionReactor vendor demo session for Intergral (along with David Tattersall, their CEO) on Oct3

Adobe don't seem to offer a way for us to directly link to the session descriptions, but the schedule does offers a popup for each talk. Mine are listed on each day.

CFCamp 2018

Finally, a few weeks later, I will be presenting at CFCamp 2018 (in Munich), where I will again be presenting the FusionReactor vendor demo presentation for Intergral (along with David).

I have also just put in to offer my Hidden Gems in 2018 talk (the plans for me to attend on Intergral's behalf only just firmed up today, in fact, so I am not yet listed as a speaker, as of today).

So another year (and season), and another raft of conferences all bunched up together. :-) But it's always a thrill to be able to present, and catch up with old friends and make new ones. As always, I hope people will find great value in my all-new sessions for this year.

In that first part, I had covered these topics:

• Resources for finding what's new
• So what are the new features in CF2018?
• ColdFusion Performance Monitoring Toolset (PMT)

In this part, I will continue with these topics:

• Finding still more about what's new in CF2018 (bugs fixed, known issues, whitepapers, deprecated features, more info on new features)
• Other info and resources on CF2018, like pricing, upgrades, licensing, trials, support timeframes
• What about CFBuilder and the API Manager?

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