Tag Archives: JAVA

Oracle plays the JAVA license card; audits in companies; hunt for unlicensed users

Posted on 2024-06-23 by guenni

[German]Using JAVA? Then you should be prepared for Oracle knocking on your door and wanting to talk about license fees. Top 200 companies have already faced an audit where Oracle checked the "license per user" and made additional demands if … Continue reading →

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Azure App Service: Java 7 support ends July 29, 2022

Posted on 2021-08-29 by guenni

[English]I don't know if there are people reading this who are responsible for Java support in applications. But in less than a year, support for Java 7 in Microsoft Azure will end. Community support for Java 7 currently ends on … Continue reading →

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Oracle mail warns about a critical Java 8 update coming

Posted on 2019-04-01 by guenni

[German]Oracle's sales representatives has sent a mail informing customers about a upcoming critical security update for Java SE 8, that may causing causing trouble for corporate users. Since January 2019, commercial users are only allowed to install Java 8 updates … Continue reading →

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Java: Amazons OpenJDK Corretto released

Posted on 2019-02-04 by guenni

[German]At the start of the week a brief information. I had expected it earlier, but now Amazon's Java with the name Corretto is generally available als OpenJDK and as JRE (run time environment). And it's free with 5 years support.

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Java 8 Update 201 released

Posted on 2019-01-18 by guenni

[German]Oracle released Java SE 8 update201 in January 2019 (quarterly patchday). This is a security update that closes vulnerabilities (see also Oracle Security Advisory January 2019).

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Oracle Critical Patch Update October 16, 2018

Posted on 2018-10-17 by guenni

[German]Oracle has released a number of critical updates for its products as of October 16, 2018. Here is an overview of these updates.

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Oracle: Have you to pay a Fee for Java SE from 2019 onward?

Posted on 2018-08-12 by guenni

[German]A brief information for users of the JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE). Oracle has announced for Java SE 8 that the Runtime (JRE) – or specifically the updates – may no longer be used in the corporate environment without a commercial … Continue reading →

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Java SE Version 8 Update 181 released

Posted on 2018-07-18 by guenni

[German]Oracle released the update to version 181 for Java SE 8 on July 17, 2018. This is a security update that closes security holes (see also Oracle Security Advisory Juli 2018).

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Java SE Version 8 Update 171/172 released

Posted on 2018-04-19 by guenni

Oracle released the update for Java SE 8 to version 171 (and 172) on April 17, 2018. The update to version 171/172 is a security update that closes security holes (see also Oracle Security Advisory April 2018).

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Java SE Version 8 Update 161

Posted on 2018-01-28 by guenni

[German]Oracle has Java SE 8 version 161 on January 16, 2018. This is a maintenance update that fixes several issues within Java Run Time Environment.

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