Oracle’s change on pricing for the Java standard edition (SE) license by total employee count is likely to rile customers that have a fraction of employees who work with Java, Oracle partners ...

Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73 percent have been audited in the ...

New pricing for Oracle's Java standard edition (SE) licensing is raising eyebrows as the company switches from charging based on Java users to total number of employees. Oracle's 2023 price list ...

Oracle changed its licensing model for Java two years ago to base the cost on the number of employees an organization has.

Oracle’s Java licensing shift sparks mass migration to open source July 16, 2025: Nearly 8 in 10 organizations are moving away from Oracle Java, driven by rising costs and frustration over the ...

Azul Systems is seeing surging demand for its OpenJDK Java platform following changes in Oracle’s Java licensing plans.

Oracle's latest price hike for Java standard edition (SE) licensing has been met with controversy as the cloud vendor switches from charging based on Java users to total number of employees. Oracle's ...

Two years after Oracle introduced its employee-based pricing for Oracle Java SE, concerns remain high. 82% of Oracle Java users expressed unease with its cost model — the same percentage ...