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I think the OracleJDK costs $15/month/employee [0]. Can this be right? This costs more than Windows. Is the idea that only people who really need oracle will r
by prepend 3y ago
I think the OracleJDK costs $15/month/employee [0]. Can this be right? This costs more than Windows.
Is the idea that only people who really need oracle will run it so they just jack the price up? This is very different from when I worked in Java and the jre was free. I can’t think of any reason to build in java if this is the price of the runtime.
[0] https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-subscription-faq.html https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-subscriptio...
- gbear605 3y agoAnyone smart just uses one of the many different OpenJDK versions, which are free and open source. (I personally use Eclipse Temurin.) OracleJDK is a trap for enterprises that don’t have a connection between the decision makers and the license payers.
- rcxdude 3y agoIt's only the price for oracle's build, which is naturally the version they push. The source is still open, so there's plenty of third-party builds which are actually free. It's effectively an ignorance tax (which is ethically dubious at best), or a very expensive support contract (both of which fit into Oracle's MO nicely).
- prepend 3y agoIt’s more than an ignorance tax as most organizations (mine included) won’t install software without support. Even though the JRE doesn’t really have much support activity, (I’ve never experienced any bugs or done anything other than update in 25 years).