Sun offers support for Java 1.4 for the next 15 years

As a paid support offering for enterprise customers Sun now offers up to 15 years of support per Java SE family. Basically that means you could buy support for the Java 1.4 JVM and JDK for the next 15 years according to this press release.

Sun Releases Java Platform Standard Edition For Business:
Java SE for Business is designed for customers looking for longer, more predictable support for the platform - up to 15 years per family. Sun will also continue to support the latest non-subscription release of Java SE, at no cost, and deliver three years of quarterly maintenance updates per release family.

Some people have been dubbed Java the new COBOL (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Looks to me that there were not mistaken ;-)