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Oracle(Java) is knocking at my company's door and they want money.
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Why are there so many JDKs, and is the Oracle JDK paid?
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Hey everyone! Have you guys had Oracle showing up and asking you to pay a Java license for all your computers? Not too long ago, Oracle showed up at my company and is doing exactly that. We have thousands of computers and only like 300 of them have Java installed, yet Oracle is trying to make us pay a license FOR ALL THE COMPUTERS(or at least that is what the person who met with the representative said). We do not really have JDK installed. I think the computers that DO have Java, have it installed because it is required to run some program. When we tried to get a quote, the representative from Java refused to give us one. If this happened to you, what did your team do? Is it a good idea to just run a massive uninstall on all the computers? Would that lead to legal trouble?
Okay, so I downloaded Java first from Java.com. I got some weird exe files that looked sketchy so I selectively deleted those files. At that time, it appeared I only got JRE, as my Java program wouldn't compile without JDK (I am new to Java). My Java version at that time was:
java version "1.8.0_401"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_401-b10)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.401-b10, mixed mode).
Then, I went to Oracle, and downloaded JDK 22, which comes with JRE, and my version now reads:
java version "22" 2024-03-19
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 22+36-2370)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 22+36-2370, mixed mode, sharing)
Everything works, but I am concerned about how to locate and delete the earlier download. Is there anyway to check which version of JRE is running for me? Any solutions for locating the older download of JRE. Is Java.com safe?