throwaway3984
Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019 to receiv...
on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @06:52AM (#16920331)
> Companies used to be able to rely on the same version of Java for years AND get security etc updates, without paying Oracle (and before that, SUN).
People have already had years of support for Java 8 including support updates. By 2019 they will have had five years of it. Nothing's changed.
Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019 to receiv...
on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @06:41AM (#16920267)
The title _is_ inaccurate.
Java SE 8 business users do not need to buy a licence to keep using Java from January next year. That's not true. It's false. They can keep using the current versions of Java 8 as long as they like, for free.
What won't be free is for Oracle to give them new updated versions of Java 8.
This has _always_ been the case. Oracle always stops supporting old Java releases at some point. Do you think they should maintain them forever for free?