Many corps still use Oracle Java 8 which is an expensive license. In some cases they think that Oracle Java is somehow better than OpenJDK. In other cases they still use old technologies like Applets or Java Webstart.
It’s anything above Oracle Java8u201 more specifically, and some versions like Java 17 are currently free to use commercially.
I was part of the cleanup team where I work (force-uninstall on all machines through MECM, GPOs, and through Intune for macOS systems), good fucking riddance to these legacy apps.
I think you can use openjdk just fine & basically oracle is trying to wring the last bits of cash out of a dying language. I’m so sad Java was ever used for anything, it’s a garbage fire
How it works when OpenJDK is distributed under GNU GPL?
Many corps still use Oracle Java 8 which is an expensive license. In some cases they think that Oracle Java is somehow better than OpenJDK. In other cases they still use old technologies like Applets or Java Webstart.
All in all, it’s in most cases technical debt.
And now it’s going to become quite literal debt
It’s anything above Oracle Java8u201 more specifically, and some versions like Java 17 are currently free to use commercially.
I was part of the cleanup team where I work (force-uninstall on all machines through MECM, GPOs, and through Intune for macOS systems), good fucking riddance to these legacy apps.
I think you can use openjdk just fine & basically oracle is trying to wring the last bits of cash out of a dying language. I’m so sad Java was ever used for anything, it’s a garbage fire