Oracle is a law firm with a large IT department.
They’ve been giving us shit because they “see downloads from our IP addresses”. It’s an absolute shake-down operation. They let anybody download their poisoned jvm for free and then tell your company that they now owe them a fortune.
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).
I know it may not be an easy question to answer, but does your company really owe them money? I’m guessing that their other software that uses their JVM also has a license, so they should be more clear about the company having to license out the JVM in order to use it. This sounds like a scam that comes packaged along with some other software.
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.
What’s hilarious is that the AdoptOpenJDK project (now called Adoptium) managed to create a better UI than Oracle ever had for downloads.
Lol brb gonna share this with the CFO and watch them go into a panic. Going to bet they’ll freak out and by the end of 2024, no more Java for us.
This is the golden ticket I’ve been waiting for.
You will just switch to one of the openjdk implementations
Obviously OpenJDK is superior to dealing with Oracle’s bull. But even more superior (IMO) is simply not using Java. My life has been noticeably more pleasant since I started refusing to touch Java.
No offense but I have never seen a good developer complain about java.
Java has a lot of advantages, but that’s a crazy statement. I feel like literally everyone complains about basic stuff like public static void main, over reliance on factories and OOP, and just how much code you need to generate for some basic stuff. I’m not a Java hater, but I am glad I don’t have to use it anymore.
What’s the issue with public static main?
And whats the issue with factories? Factories are a design pattern thats not specific to Java, I’d recommend you read the design patterns book and understand why they exist. I also have 0 factory useage stuck in my mind and I have been developing with java since 2016.
OOP? It’s an OO language ffs, that’s like complaining that C isn’t OO. If you don’t want to use an OO language don’t use one.
how much code you need to generate for some basic stuff
Do you mean verbosity because thats only a complaint for people who dont need to maintain stuff long term. Or maybe you misused java for doing something simple where python would have sufficed.
And then there is the springboot framework that makes shit trivial
So a lot of Java hate I think is mostly in jest.
Personally, Java was the programming language that I had to use for my first two years of college. It’s how I learned OOP, data structures, and algorithms. I had to use Eclipse, which at the time was AWFUL (and maybe still is, no idea). I remember it being semi-normal for it to take over a minute to launch on my (gaming) PC.
Later on, as I learned other languages and got a job, I just haven’t really had a reason to go back to Java, and most of my memories of it are from being annoyed at Eclipse and needing to implement Quicksort in it. I’m sure it’s a great language and I bet it’s a lot better and more convenient now. It’s just kinda trendy and weirdly nostalgic to hate on it in a half-serious way :) .
you clearly don’t know many good developers
Being good has nothing to do with having to maintain your company’s code base that’s in Oracle’s Java SE 1.6.
You can’t just design your way out of a conflict whose solution is to change either the existing system architecture or change Java versions,
both suggestions will get you laughed out of the room.
Did you stop programming altogether? /s
I think you can potentially get stuck with worse when you stop Java.
Sure, there are worse languages and environments to get stuck with. But I can avoid those jobs. And if I get hired as a SomeLang developer and they force me to work in Java or whatever, it’s time to dust off the resume.
This isn’t Java it’s the jvm. Other languages run on it as well.
I am aware of that, but Java is the most popular language that runs on the JVM. I don’t specifically dislike other JVM languages, though one of my issues is type erasure and that’s partially a limitation of the JVM.
Kotlin is becoming very popular.In like 10 years of Java development I ran into type erasure like once…
Project Valhalla should help with it though (when it finally lands). And kotlin/other jvm languages will benefit as well.
I’ve only seen this switch go really well. The odds are good .
One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
Not going to lie, that is the only way I remember how to spell the company name now.
Wired name for a lawn mower.
Are lawn mower names normally wireless?
Oracle Ruined America’s Cup (Larry Ellison)
This is how Oracle finally kills Java. I stopped working with Java many years ago and firmly believe that no developer should tie themselves to this fuckery. Find a new job before it’s too late.
This is only very indirectly related to Java as a whole. the reference implementation of the jvm is open source and managed by a coalition of companies under a GPL license, the OpenJDK.
Oracle has its own set of enhancements to the reference jvm that handle things like just-in-time compilation and garbage collection differently and have some additional flags that allow for more fine-grained tweaking of certain features.
There are many other companies that do the same.
Oracle only started doing this in 2019 so many companies who were running Java before this used the Oracle JVM out of convenience, even if they weren’t going to use the tweaked parts. So everyone switched to another implementation, OpenJDK, Amazon Coretto, Eclipse J9 or some other available JRE/JDK.
In 2023 Oracle cracked down harder trying to get people to pay for licenses and changed their terms such that any company with even 1 employee using an Oracle JVM had to pay for every employee in the company. ridiculous I know.
This is just more news about Oracle’s licensing crackdown and not about Java as a whole at all. Think of it more like the Unity licensing change and you’re telling people to stop coding in C#.
even 1 employee using an Oracle JVM had to pay for every employee in the company
Before that one, they were using a “if one core can run it, all cores must have a license” model.
If you want to see how well that model did, remember
- Oracle moved off its success onto this one
- VMwareCom is now using it
- Microsoft is using it (want to run a single 2022? License every core in your cluster)
It makes the SuSE AND SCO seat-license deal look tame.
Azul here
The open source implementation replicates the same bugs as the oracle JVM for compatibility. So you’re still beholden to oracle for fixes and that’s why none should ever use a proprietary language
I’m aware of the jdk alternatives and I will never use any of them because Oracle might some day decide that they’re an IP violation like they did with Google’s Android. I’m sure you’ll tell me something about the licensing being different but that still will not matter because there is always the possibility that Oracle will change their mind and start messing with me for sport. The Java ecosystem is rotten from the top down because Oracle cannot be trusted.
OpenJDK is released under the GPL. That requires making any patents available for free to users.
They could theoretically change their mind and try some shit, but the GPL is hard to go “backsies” on.
Feel free to use it, as long as you’re willing to pay lawyers to fight them when they decide otherwise.
You’re just spreading FUD now.
It’s just my reasoning as to why I won’t use Oracle products. Feel free to put your own company at risk.
I f’ing love how you’re blaming me personally. Don’t be a dick.
BTW - don’t mistake “cynicism” for “reasoning”.
FUD
I’m curious. Microsoft is in a similar position with its open-source-like work. It’s been great for PR but MS has a bad history with Open-Source and with its customers (1999-doj-vs-ms). It’s one of the very few companies so bad they were actually sued by the doj.
If you feel this way about Oracle, what’s your feeling toward Microsoft? Does it colour your use of c# or dot-net knowing that a company with a track record of rug-pulling and secretly thumbing the scale is still in control of the tools you choose to use?
C# is not my first choice but I did tolerate it the last time I worked a corporate job. MS seems committed to .NET core being open source and have never tried to rug pull C# or the .NET framework itself.
Also, I believe Microsoft’s incentives are different, and in a way that benefits me. For instance, they sell more Windows Server licenses because it’s easier for legacy shops to administrate (even though it can be done with nginx now). They also get more native software released for Windows, sell more Visual Studio Pro licenses and are able to steer people toward Azure DevOps and other Azure based cloud services.
Oracle has some similar products but their revenue streams are miniscule in comparison. They also have historically been a very lawsuit-based company, as an aggressor not a defendant.
Nah, my company still uses Java but an open source version (Eclipse Temurin). We haven’t used Oracle Java in like 4 years.
That’s great for as long as they allow that to exist. I do not have an army of lawyers, they do. I will not ever be using Java.
In a hypothetical and highly unlikely world where everyone had to pay Oracle to use Java, everyone would switch to something else. It would be guaranteed suicide. Anyway, in that world, they would need to both make this ridiculous decision and win an unwinnable legal battle afterwards. It’s not a realistic concern.
What an ignorant take, lmao
What a well thought out retort /s
Oracle was one of the first companies on my personal shit-list. I feel validated.
Lol wtf is that bird?
That’s a Harpy Eagle, I think.
STOP USING JAVA
It’s so easy to use openjdk. I think the lesson is stop using oracle
My employer has a pretty large presence in AWS. We finished migrating to Amazon’s Corretto (based on openjdk) months ago. It was pretty painless given we already use Amazon’s Linux distros.
Ever since I looked up “java download” and had to go through the horrible process on the Oracle site, I decided that they didn’t want me to download Java so I should avoid it, and that has always proved to be a good decision
As much as I do like programming in Java, you have a good point.
Is anyone else in this thread surprised people weren’t using OpenJDK this whole time?
OpenJDK misses some parts that are in the Oracle JVM
OpenJDK is the reference implementation now. Biggest differences I’ve seen are in the default list of trusted CAs.
What about JavaFX? It’s included in the Oracle JVM but not in the others afaik.
JavaFX was removed from the main Java spec in Java 11. Even the Oracle Java distribution. It’s a separate project now and is pretty easy to include as as jar if needed. In fact there are non-Oracle builds of the JVM that do add it (there are Zulu builds that put it back in). Because Java is now GPL. Anyone can create a build and include what they want.
Not anymore, they changed it so they are identical except for the license
auditors gonna make absolute bank from bribes
Is there some general history that makes you think that or more specific or just a gut feel?
We got the notice 2 months ago, I played dumb asking for their proof and they sent a 5 hits detected from ips we owned. Which was a joke.
https://openjdk.org/ for pre built binaries or for installers and jre, use: https://adoptopenjdk.net/releases.html
Oracle is horrible and deserves to lose Java.
As it says on AdoptOpenJDK page, the project has rebranded to Adoptium.
I use Adoptium on Windows (dunno, seems to run Minecraft, OK, that’s good enough for me). On Linux I just use whatever OpenJDK is packaged in distro.
I like Java but Oracle are pricks. Thank god for OpenJDK
Oracle is a law firm disguised as a tech company
Corpos nagging corpos? I’ll get the popcorn.
Kill it before it gestates
Can Oracle kill javascript as well, please? Please?
Java is to Javascript what car is to carpet or somesuch
Why would a car have a pet?
JavaScript’s real name is ECMAScript.
ECMA by Ecma?
Ahh, needed Wiki:
It acquired its current name in 1994, when the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) changed its name to reflect the organization’s global reach and activities. As a consequence, the name is no longer considered an acronym and no longer uses full capitalization.
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Yeah, for a short time there the word ‘java’ was very ‘in’. Marketing hipsters at the time wanted to use it in everything, just like the word ‘AI’ now.
No, I know that – I honestly want them both to die :p
Both have been a blight on software development for decades.
I don’t have a problem with Java, and you can get Oracle free versions of Java.
JavaScript on the other hand is a blight as you say.
You can get blight free versions of JavaScript too, if you use TypeScript.
You can bet your bottom dollar Oracle will find a way if it is profitable.
People are still using Java?
3 billion devices
That’s it?
