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> Oracle introduced a paid subscription for Java in September 2018, and in January 2023 decided to switch its pricing model to per employee rather than per user
by tzs 1y ago
> Oracle introduced a paid subscription for Java in September 2018, and in January 2023 decided to switch its pricing model to per employee rather than per user, creating a steep price hike for customers
So...if you have 1000 employees and 100 developers using Oracle Java you need to spin off those 100 developers into a new company and then hire that company to do your Java development?
- _mlbt 1y agoIs there a good reason to use Oracle Java other than support or as part of some bigger licensing deal that includes other Oracle products that you are using? My understanding is that there are several other OpenJDK builds that are available as near drop in replacements.
- tzs 1y agoI have no idea. Support is probably important to a lot of companies, but IBM sells support for OpenJDK. A quick search says that IBM's support can be bought per virtual core or per user so unless the per user or per core price is completely ridiculous should have a lot of money for big companies over Oracle's new per employee model. My guess is we'll find out if there is really a good reason to stick with Java, because surely there were be a few big customers who will try to switch to someone else for support like IBM or will try to switch to some community supported OpenJDK based Java.