My thoughts exactly. As is common knowledge, Oracle simply doesn't have any other positions for people with deep knowledge of Java. Once this project was over, there just weren't any other options than to fire the whole team.
the comparison wasn't a very good one though: firing your army could lead to soldiers defecting to a possible future enemy, who would then be stronger in an attack.
so what does oracle gain by firing a couple of excellent java devs?
+ no wages paid - they could defect to a rivaling database company: unlikely - bad press: oh well, that's just another drop in the bucket - they lose a couple of experienced engineers that could have excelled in other projects