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@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 22 hours ago

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@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 22 hours ago
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  • @[email protected]
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    The company is using old proprietary software that breaks unless a specific java version is used. And don’t want to upgrade/switch because it is too expensive.

    • @[email protected]
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      And don’t want to upgrade/switch because it is too expensive

      Oh boy, you better have no employees or Oracle will make you pay for their existence:

      https://www.oracle.com/in/a/ocom/docs/corporate/pricing/java-se-subscription-pricelist-5028356.pdf

      • @[email protected]
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        4•15 hours ago

        This is why you have a shell company JUST for your employees that need to use Oracle.

        • @[email protected]
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          You mean for the employees that will write Java?

          “Oracle” is usually about the DB, and that is paid by the core.

      • borari
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        3•16 hours ago

        You should really quiet down, how else are you going to hear anything?

    • @[email protected]
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      9•19 hours ago

      Isn’t there an openjdk impl in like every major Linux distro repository?

      And so I assume the same would be available for windows?

      • @[email protected]
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        yes, but that doesn’t help if the software refuses to run on modern java

      • The Octonaut
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        You assumed the switch needs to happen on the JDK. It’s actually that we bought this software that depends on the old version with a perpetual license 18 years ago before every decided SaaS was god so we’ve got another 3 years left before ROI breaks even

      • @[email protected]
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        6•18 hours ago

        Some crappy software actively checks for a specific version, and you can’t work around that.

        • @[email protected]
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          5•17 hours ago

          Can you edit the byte code with a hex editor to change that check?

          • @[email protected]
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            3•14 hours ago

            Not if you want support from the vendor :p

          • @[email protected]
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            1•13 hours ago

            Just build the OSS version of java-impl with the patched version number as expected by the shitty software.

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