By only providing fixes and security patches for a few months -- after that you need to move to the next version (with all that entails testing and adapting wise for large codebases), or you pay for enterprise support and get support for years.
Before you could go to any version and expect it to be supported for years.
Now, if you dare go to some version above 8, you're supposed to either pay (for long term support), jump directly to the next version after a few months, or stay without security fixes.
Before you could go to any version and expect it to be supported for years.
Now, if you dare go to some version above 8, you're supposed to either pay (for long term support), jump directly to the next version after a few months, or stay without security fixes.
(Or go OpenJDK and screw them).