I don't feel like this article does a good job making its case. Java won't live or die with Oracle. Along with the language spec and non-Oracle implementations being available, there are other (arguably more influential) companies still putting huge amounts of money behind Java tech; e.g., Google and IBM.
BS - Java 9 is well on it's way. Java will live long.
LOL:ed, and stopped reading after this statement:
"Running a Java program is slower because it has this whole extra step."
Seriously?
The articles are simplified for a general audience. I think Motherboard tries hard to keep things digestible so as to let people dip their toes into the deep, cold pool of nerdom.
I read the whole thing and didn't catch any explanation of how and why Java is about to die.
What did I miss?
Every tenth article posted is about the death of something-or-other. Its a clickbait way of getting attention by poking sticks at a big name and claiming "the emperor has no cloths" or whatnot.