Oracle has revamped its commercial support program for Java SE (Standard Edition), opting for a subscription model instead of one that has had businesses paying for a one-time perpetual license ...

Java SE Subscription provides commercial licensing, including commercial features and tools such as the Java Advanced Management Console to identify, manage and tune Java SE desktop use across the ...

Lately, however, a series of licensing and pricing changes for Oracle Java SE, the popular Java runtime and support subscription, has raised concerns across the global Java community.

In January 2023, Oracle introduced the Java SE Universal Subscription as ' a simple, low-cost monthly subscription that includes Java SE licenses and support for use on desktop, server, or cloud ...

Since Oracle introduced the Java SE Universal Subscription in January 2023, users have been advised to find alternatives to Big Red's runtime environments and development kits. It moved licensing ...

Azul’s channel investments take place during an inflection point for third-party Java runtimes such as those based on OpenJDK. Oracle’s recent announcement to price and license Java SE based ...

Pressure from Oracle on license costs will mean more than 80 per cent of Java applications will be deployed on third-party Java runtimes by 2026, up from 65 per cent in 2023, Gartner said.

New pricing plan for Oracle Java SE starts at $15 per employee per month and scales downward based on number of users.

Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73 percent have been audited in the ...