Nemeski@lemm.ee to Programming@programming.dev · 3 months agoOracle Java police start knocking on Fortune 200's doors for first timewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down13cross-posted to: java@programming.dev
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minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up120arrow-down1·3 months agoOracle is a law firm with a large IT department. They’ve been giving us shit because they “see downloads from our IP addresses”. It’s an absolute shake-down operation. They let anybody download their poisoned jvm for free and then tell your company that they now owe them a fortune.
minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·3 months agoIt’s time for corporate IT to block that download
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·3 months agoWe’d love to but we do have some legitimate needs for it since Oracle software requires their jvm. It’s a massive pain in the ass.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWhat’s hilarious is that the AdoptOpenJDK project (now called Adoptium) managed to create a better UI than Oracle ever had for downloads.
Oracle is a law firm with a large IT department.
They’ve been giving us shit because they “see downloads from our IP addresses”. It’s an absolute shake-down operation. They let anybody download their poisoned jvm for free and then tell your company that they now owe them a fortune.
It’s time for corporate IT to block that download
We’d love to but we do have some legitimate needs for it since Oracle software requires their jvm. It’s a massive pain in the ass.
What’s hilarious is that the AdoptOpenJDK project (now called Adoptium) managed to create a better UI than Oracle ever had for downloads.