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 ...

Oracle in January announced a change to its Java license that bases pricing on the number of employees in an organization, rather than on instances in use like they have in the past.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Existing Oracle Java SE licensees may continue with their per-processor or per-user plans, and do not have to move to the new per-employee subscription, Oracle says.

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 ...

Oracle on Wednesday is proposing some changes to the ways Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) is produced and distributed, designed to make life easier for developers.