Nemeski@lemm.ee to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agoOracle Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first timewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 year agoIt’s time for corporate IT to block that download
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·1 year agoWe’d love to but we do have some legitimate needs for it since Oracle software requires their jvm. It’s a massive pain in the ass.
minus-square0^2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoOpenjdk: https://openjdk.org/ Or for people that use jre or want installers: https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html We just went through all of this and we just switched to openjdk without issues.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoYou didn’t seem to understand. Oracle only supports their own jvm when running their software that uses Java (e.g. weblogic).
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoOh - sorry, Oracle offers a free “entitlement” to use the JVM when used with their software if it’s required. We don’t pay extra for the Oracle JVM.
minus-square0^2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·edit-21 year agoSorry forgot about support.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s not about functionality. When you’re paying for licensing and support you need to use supported versions of things. If you call up about an issue with the database and you’re running an unsupported os or Java version they hang up on you.
minus-square0^2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSorry forgot about support. You are right.
It’s time for corporate IT to block that download
We’d love to but we do have some legitimate needs for it since Oracle software requires their jvm. It’s a massive pain in the ass.
Openjdk: https://openjdk.org/
Or for people that use jre or want installers: https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html
We just went through all of this and we just switched to openjdk without issues.
You didn’t seem to understand. Oracle only supports their own jvm when running their software that uses Java (e.g. weblogic).
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Oh - sorry, Oracle offers a free “entitlement” to use the JVM when used with their software if it’s required. We don’t pay extra for the Oracle JVM.
Sorry forgot about support.
It’s not about functionality. When you’re paying for licensing and support you need to use supported versions of things. If you call up about an issue with the database and you’re running an unsupported os or Java version they hang up on you.
Sorry forgot about support. You are right.