Pay Attention To JDK And WebSphere Release Support

April 2, 2018 Timothy Prickett Morgan

IBM i shops don’t have to use Big Blue’s WebSphere Application Server middleware to create Java, since some of the Java functions are built into the Apache Web server built into the operating system and open source programs like the Tomcat server, while not still supported, are nonetheless sometimes still used. Still other shops don’t go for the full-on WebSphere Application Server, but use the Express Edition that is bundled on the machine to provide a certain level of automation for Java workloads.

IBM has been warning customers that they have to keep current on Java Development Kit (JDK) releases, …