Breaking news! You have to pay whether you use Java or not, and you are charged on a per-capita basis!

Friends who are still using Java SE (Standard Edition) , please note:

Oracle has quietly increased its price.

Starting from January 23, Java SE subscriptions will no longer be charged based on the number of users, but will be charged based on the number of company employees.

You read that right.

To give an exaggerated example, this means that in a company of 100 people, even if only one person is using Java SE, the others are not even programmers, you will also be charged a licensing fee of 100 people...

This operation made netizens stunned:

Oracle is committing suicide slowly.

Some people in the industry commented sharply:

Oracle deserves to be the leader of Silicon Valley.

Java is open source in principle. But since Oracle acquired SUN in 2010, it has been using Java for "legal blackmail" in an attempt to maximize profits.

Java was developed by SUN, which was acquired by Oracle for $7.4 billion in 2009. The acquisition was completed in 2010.

Oracle changes Java SE pricing model

What is the specific charging method? Oracle clearly marks the price.

also gave a very "intimate" example of calculating the price:

For a company with a total number of employees of For a company with 28,000 people, the annual subscription fee is 28,000 people × $6.75 × 12 months = $2.268 million (the more people, the greater the discount)~

Please note, When counting employees, you must include full-time employees, part-time employees, temporary workers, as well as outsourcing and consultants. Oh, and even if these people aren't using Java~

###################################### It is universal on three-party clouds. ############In addition, for customers who previously subscribed according to the old charging standards, Oracle is currently committed to renewing according to the original terms. ###### However, according to Nathan Biggs, CEO of consulting firm House of Brick, some companies have been "harassed" by Oracle sales, trying to get them to switch to this "easier to understand subscription model." ############Nathan Biggs helped everyone do the math. #########

If a company has a total of 250 employees, only 20 of whom are Java developers, and the company has 8 single-socket servers with Java installed, according to the original charging standards, the company will have to pay Oracle ($2.5) every year ×20 ($25 × 8) × 12 = $3,000.

And if according to the new standard, this money suddenly becomes 45,000 US dollars per year (15 US dollars × 250 people × 12 months).

Good guy, it’s up 1400%.

And even if this company is a big Java company, with 250 people working on Java development, and there are 48 single-socket servers with Java installed in the company, it still costs 105%#. ##Money:

According to the old terms, the subscription fee is US$21,900/year; according to the new standard, the subscription fee is also US$45,000/year.

Netizen: Oracle is indeed Oracle

I don’t know what you think of this price increase.

Nathan Biggs directly suggested: take a look at the free OpenJDK.

After seeing the news, enthusiastic netizens also began to sort out their escape route silently:

And Oracle’s sudden price increase without any warning obviously angered many people. Few netizens.

Many people directly criticized: They are crazy for thinking about money, Oracle is indeed Oracle.

# Of course, some people defended Oracle: Adjusting fees will not affect the open source version. There is nothing wrong with charging for paid products.

But more "warnings" follow: Oracle has a dark history, so be careful.

When most people install Java, they will be directed to install Java SE instead of OpenJDK.

This is why many companies have banned Oracle download pages.

Previously, Oracle had fought with Google for 11 years over Java patent issues, claiming that Google's use of Java APIs in Android infringed on its copyrights and patents.

This case came to an end last year: the U.S. Supreme Court declared that Google’s limited copying of Oracle’s Java API in the Android operating system constituted fair use.

Having said that, does this matter have a big impact on you?