Four LTS Java Versions Get End-of-Support in a Three-Year Window (2029-2032)

Simon Ritter joined Sun Microsystems in 1996 and spent time working in both Java development and consultancy. He's now written an opinion piece for InfoWorld warning that "Between 2029 and 2032, every currently supported long-term support (LTS) version of Java will reach end-of-support within a single three-year window."
That's Java 17 in 2029, Java 8 in 2030, Java 21 in 2031, and Java 11 in 2032...On paper, this looks like a manageable upgrade cycle. In practice, it creates a collision of timel