http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the#comment-1307811963518 http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_th... Note that th

http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the#comment-1307811963518 http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_th... Note that the RI has a very specific purpose (eg, to serve as the RI) and is generally not updated except when/if the specification is revised. So OpenJDK may be adequate as a RI, but will be unstable to use in a production environment.