Subj : Oracle requiring a subscr
To   : Dumas Walker
From : jagossel
Date : Fri Nov 16 2018 01:41 pm

Dumas Walker, to NIGHTFOX...

 >Today I heard Oracle is (or will start) requiring a subscription for Java
ow:

 DW> That is not good news.  :(

Based on what I was reading, so far, I don't think it's going to be all that 
bad. Oracle already required corporations to pay a fee. Oracle is moving 
from a one-time large fee to an insanely cheap montly/per-user rate. 
Personal use will be free, I believe, though.

Still, I don't think it's a good idea that Oracle is charging a fee just to 
run software written in Java; it just comes across, to me, as though they 
want their "royality fees" to run some other 3rd party software.

-jag
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