Analyst Gartner has warned that new changes to Java licensing has meant Oracle will actively target organisations, even those who do not run any Oracle products, on Java compliance. Gartner reported ...

Oracle in January announced a change to its Java license that bases pricing on the number of employees in an organization, rather than on instances in use like they have in the past. “The new Java SE ...

Existing Oracle Java SE licensees may continue with their per-processor or per-user plans, and do not have to move to the new per-employee subscription, Oracle says. Current Oracle Java SE licensees ...

Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...

‘Having to license your entire employee count is not reasonable because you could have 10,000 employees, maybe only 500 of them need Java. And maybe you only have a couple of servers for a couple of ...

Oracle is releasing Java 26, the latest version of the world's number one programming language and development platform. According to Oracle, Java 26 (Oracle JDK 26) delivers thousands of improvements ...

A new survey of more than 2,000 Java professionals worldwide, reveals a dual trend shaping the enterprise landscape, a strategic pivot toward using Java as a foundational language for AI development, ...

For a language that turned 30 last year, Java has a stubborn habit of refusing the obituary. At JavaOne 2026, Oracle’s message was not that Java needs reinvention so much as repositioning. The ...