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Users advised to review Oracle Java use as Big Red's year end approaches

https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/09/users_advised_to_review_oracle_java_use/
8•rntn•8h ago

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tzs•6h ago
> Oracle introduced a paid subscription for Java in September 2018, and in January 2023 decided to switch its pricing model to per employee rather than per user, creating a steep price hike for customers

So...if you have 1000 employees and 100 developers using Oracle Java you need to spin off those 100 developers into a new company and then hire that company to do your Java development?

dlachausse•5h ago
Is there a good reason to use Oracle Java other than support or as part of some bigger licensing deal that includes other Oracle products that you are using? My understanding is that there are several other OpenJDK builds that are available as near drop in replacements.
dlachausse•5h ago
What’s the leading OpenJDK build these days other than Oracle?
Shawnecy•5h ago
I'm not sure about a single leading OpenJDk build. It may depend on your use case, and even then, I suspect that they're all pretty interchangeable unless you have some very niche need.

If you're doing anything on AWS, Amazon's Corretto is a good choice. Probably similar for Azure and Microsoft's offering.

If you're using JetBrains IDEs and don't mind waiting for the major release (11, 17, 21, etc.), then those aren't a bad choice either.

I've used Azul's Zulu plenty for my own projects. One thing they do different is to provide alternate builds for every JDK version with JavaFX packaged directly into the JVM.

It's pretty easy to pick and choose between them and manage multiple versions from multiple vendors simultaneously using SDKMAN.

wallstprog•5h ago
Having good results w/Azul so far

Folio Society Publish Use of Weapons

https://www.foliosociety.com/row/use-of-weapons.html
1•saltysalt•21s ago•0 comments

Worlds first AMD GPU driven over USB 3

https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__/status/1920960070055080107
1•bfoks•7m ago•0 comments

Groom of the Stool – The worst job in history?

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Groom-of-the-Stool/
1•austinallegro•7m ago•0 comments

Public Relations Spending by Police (2023)

https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/public-relations-spending-by-police
1•nativeit•7m ago•0 comments

Public Relations Spending By Police [broken link]

https://open.substack.com/pub/equalityalec/p/public-relations-spending-by-police[2023]
1•nativeit•9m ago•2 comments

The six strongest materials on Earth are harder than diamonds

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/strongest-material/
1•PaulHoule•11m ago•0 comments

Apocalypse Now

https://betterwithout.ai/apocalypse-now
1•xigency•16m ago•0 comments

NY lawmakers add disclaimer to AI chatbots: They aren't human

https://gothamist.com/news/ny-lawmakers-add-disclaimer-to-ai-chatbots-they-arent-human
1•geox•19m ago•0 comments

Network Account Management

https://docs.bsky.app/blog/account-management
2•Kye•20m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Cloud Coding Agents in VSCode

https://www.augmentcode.com/blog/introducing-remote-agent?hn
1•knes•20m ago•0 comments

Frequency of Papal Names

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2025/05/09/frequency-of-papal-names/
1•gscott•21m ago•0 comments

Infinite TTY pixel art editor written in Rust

https://github.com/ivanbelenky/pixelrs
2•ivanbelenky•21m ago•0 comments

Air Force pilots get innovative gear to 'go' while in the air

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2025-05-07/air-force-female-pilots-bladder-relief-17716387.html
2•Bender•24m ago•0 comments

Cinnamon could interact with some prescription medication according to new study

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/health/cinnamon-interactions-medications-wellness
3•Bender•25m ago•0 comments

The data survey disconnect and the dollar

https://kennethrogoff.substack.com/p/the-data-survey-disconnect-and-the
1•danboarder•28m ago•0 comments

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Arrested at ICE Detention Center in NJ

https://pix11.com/news/local-news/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-taken-into-custody-by-ice-in-new-jersey/
9•tastyface•36m ago•0 comments

How many gadgets have YOU owned on the eWaste Graveyard? [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrNFJOX7PBs
1•lg_rocket•43m ago•0 comments

Career Progression: How to Use 30, 60, and 90 Days Approach

https://diamantinoalmeida.com/career-progression-how-to-use-30-60-and-90-days-approach/
1•MitiaHiers•45m ago•0 comments

Overcoming Self-Doubt: A Practical Guide to Building Lasting Confidence

https://diamantinoalmeida.com/overcoming-self-doubt-a-practical-guide-to-building-lasting-confidence/
1•MitiaHiers•45m ago•0 comments

The Acid King

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/acid-lsd-king-william-leonard-pickard-prison-pete-wilkinson-184390/
3•udit99•46m ago•0 comments

Japanese PhD Student Has Visa Revoked in the US Due to Alleged Criminal History

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/japanese-phd-student-faces-us-deportation-over-minor-infractions/
3•miles•46m ago•0 comments

Israel's NSO Group ordered to pay nearly $170M to WhatsApp for hacking accounts

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/nso-group-pegasus-whatsapp-hack-170-million-damages-00332155
2•TMWNN•47m ago•2 comments

Revisiting Lower Bounds for Two-Step Consensus

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03627
1•otrack•51m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bardmore – AI Speech Analysis and Feedback

https://bardmore.com/
1•ChristopherLaw_•52m ago•0 comments

How Being Watched Changes How You Think

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-being-watched-changes-how-you-think/
1•SkyMarshal•53m ago•0 comments

Why everybody's drinking milk again

https://thehustle.co/originals/why-everybodys-drinking-milk-again
2•paulpauper•56m ago•0 comments

Perplexity Hacked Its Growth – Everything You Can Adopt from It

1•rishikeshranjan•57m ago•0 comments

Pope Leo XIV–why does this matter to the worlds of art and heritage?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/08/robert-francis-prevost-has-been-elected-pope-leo-xivwhy-does-this-matter-to-the-worlds-of-art-and-heritage
1•paulpauper•58m ago•0 comments

The post-screen future does not exist

https://www.chrbutler.com/shut-up-siri-post-screen-future
4•delaugust•58m ago•0 comments

NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/entry/nsf-unidata-pause-in-most
2•trauco•1h ago•0 comments