According to reports on Twitter and Reddit, Oracle has released its staff of Java evangelists -- mere weeks before the company’s annual JavaOne conference promoting the enterprise software development technology.
Oracle did not respond to requests for comments on Friday morning. But a tweet this morning attributed to kcpeppe, Java performance tuning specialists, cited the loss of the evangelists: “Unsettling event at Oracle. All of the Java evangelists have been let go. Sad this happened to a great dedicated enthusiastic group.” The issue was also discussed in a Reddit thread, which cited the report as unconfirmed.