This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Hendrik Ebbers • Karakun Co-Founder • JSR EG member • JavaOne Rockstar, Java Champion • AdoptOpenJDK TSC member • OpenWebStart Architect
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers OpenWebStart 1.3 • This week we release OpenWebStart 1.3 • It is a major release • In the same step we update… … the support options … the documentation
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers OpenWebStart 1.3 • Downloads can be found on openwebstart.com • New documentation can be found online • More information will be sent by newsletter https://openwebstart.com/subscribe/
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers OpenWebStart 1.3 • Search for locally installed JVMs at first startup • Define custom path for local JVMs
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Open Source • Java WebStart was developed closed source by Oracle • OpenWebStart is 100% open source • Only the native packaging needs to be done in closed environment
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers IcedTea-Web • IcedTea-Web has been started by Red Hat as open source implementation • Donated to AdoptOpenJDK • Karakun is a maintainer • IcedTea-Web is used as base for OpenWebStart
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers OpenWebStart • OpenWebStart is owned and maintained by Karakun • Like IcedTea-Web all sources, issues and discussions are available in the open • Karakun takes care of free community support
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Community support • We removed old / mostly unused functionalities: • Support for applet-desc • Impossible to maintain such features for free
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Community support • We will never remove general features • We do not plan to remove additional features • … but we can not give a guarantee for functionalities that are only used by community support users
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Community support • We do not plan future community releases for the 3.x branch • Sponsoring is missing • We (Karakun) invested > 1 person year
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Commercial Support • We are happy to offer community support for free • We can not keep the project up and running only with community support
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Commercial Support • Basic and Premium support options • Service Level Agreement • Releases directly after critical bugfixes • Private support Forum • Custom splash screen
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Commercial Support • Why should I buy support? • Receive much faster feedback • Higher priority for issues • Help to keep the project up and running • …
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Partner Program • Do you have OpenWebStart customers? • We provide a Partner Program for consulting companies and JDK vendors Ping us at [email protected]
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers Migration support • Do you still have Applets? • Do you want to migrate from Oracle JDK to a different distribution? • Do you want to migrate to Java 11? Ping us at [email protected]
This is a very very very long gag @hendrikEbbers OpenWebStart team Stephan Classen Janak Mulani Hendrik Ebbers Stephan Huber Jamila Mahler Andreas Ehret
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