[svrma]

I was not trying be to snarky. I was genuinely curious to know how it is priced after the oracle acquisition. As a language that I am most used to, I wanted to evaluate how much it'd cost (a rough estimate based on cores/users) if I were to launch a web service based on Java.

[ternaryoperator]

OpenJDK is Oracle's free, open-source implementation of the Oracle JDK. It is where Oracle does all of its JDK development. You can use it with no restrictions. If you want to pay for support, you can pay Oracle or any of several other companies that package up and support the OpenJDK. If you choose to pay Oracle, you'll get the Oracle JDK which is identical to the OpenJDK except for a couple of error messages and the ID string.

[andylynch]

Oracle actually publish their price list for Oracle Java here - https://www.oracle.com/uk/corporate/pricing/#java-se

In short, starts at $25 per processor per month, discounts starting at 100+ . Look at using OpenJDK/ Amazon Corretto instead

[JAlexoid]

Since Java is free to use and is primarily developed as a GPL software - there are no licensing costs, that you would care about.

[andylynch]

Not if you want to use Oracle's JVM to run something on anything but a laptop or desktop. They will absolutely want you to pay for that and will make sure you do.

[kaba0]

But Oracle’s JVM is the exact same as the OpenJDK in terms of functionality - just to clarify it.