Jason Clark, principal software engineer at observability vendor New Relic, wasn't surprised by Oracle's Java licensing changes.

Industry Responses to Oracle Java Price Hike Are Harsh Oracle did not respond to a request for comment from ITPro Today by press time. According to an Oracle FAQ, 'the Java SE Universal Subscription is a simple, low-cost monthly subscription that includes Java SE Licensing and Support for use on Desktops, Servers or Cloud deployments.' A potential implication of the new licensing option is that it will cost more for organizations to license Java SE in 2023 than it did in prior years. Among the big changes is the replacement of the prior Java SE subscription options with a new Java SE Universal subscription plan. Oracle published its latest public pricing list for its Java SE subscriptions on Jan. Oracle, a leader of the Java community, provides a fully supported and maintained version, known as Java SE, which carries a subscription cost for organizations.

Related: Amazon, Oracle Shrug Off Lawmaker Fears of Abortion Data Salesĭevelopers and organizations can choose to use the open source version of Java known as OpenJDK for free without support or get support via a commercial vendor. Java 19 boasts new features designed to improve performance. The most recent release of the language - Java 19 - came out in September 2022. Java is among the most popular programming languages in the world and is available in a number of ways.

The latest item to increase in price appears to be an Oracle Java SE subscription. Inflation is increasing the cost of living and doing business around the world.

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