<story><title>Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android</title><url>http://www.computerworld.com/article/3048774/android/oracle-wants-93b-for-googles-use-of-java-in-android.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyingq</author><text>FYI, Oracle is pushing this agenda to squeeze Java shops in other places as well.&lt;p&gt;The tack they are taking is to define any computer that does &amp;quot;one specific thing&amp;quot; as an embedded device and ask you for $300+ per &amp;quot;device&amp;quot;, plus some other lofty fees.
 (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oracle.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;corporate&amp;#x2F;pricing&amp;#x2F;price-lists&amp;#x2F;java-embedded-price-list-1977272.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oracle.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;corporate&amp;#x2F;pricing&amp;#x2F;price-lists&amp;#x2F;java-...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;So, if you&amp;#x27;re using Java in a kiosk, ATM, media player, etc, they may be coming for you.&lt;p&gt;My guess is that this just spawns a mass migration to OpenJDK, but perhaps they trap enough Java shops that it&amp;#x27;s worth the effort?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jimbokun</author><text>My guess is this just spawns a mass migration away from Java altogether.&lt;p&gt;Not knowing when Oracle might decide to shake down your business is a massive incentive to use anything else.</text></comment>
<story><title>Oracle wants $9.3B for Google’s use of Java in Android</title><url>http://www.computerworld.com/article/3048774/android/oracle-wants-93b-for-googles-use-of-java-in-android.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyingq</author><text>FYI, Oracle is pushing this agenda to squeeze Java shops in other places as well.&lt;p&gt;The tack they are taking is to define any computer that does &amp;quot;one specific thing&amp;quot; as an embedded device and ask you for $300+ per &amp;quot;device&amp;quot;, plus some other lofty fees.
 (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oracle.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;corporate&amp;#x2F;pricing&amp;#x2F;price-lists&amp;#x2F;java-embedded-price-list-1977272.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oracle.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;corporate&amp;#x2F;pricing&amp;#x2F;price-lists&amp;#x2F;java-...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;So, if you&amp;#x27;re using Java in a kiosk, ATM, media player, etc, they may be coming for you.&lt;p&gt;My guess is that this just spawns a mass migration to OpenJDK, but perhaps they trap enough Java shops that it&amp;#x27;s worth the effort?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>teacurran</author><text>How is this any difference than installing Windows 10 on your Kiosk? You are paying for updates and support. You are free to use Linux and OpenJDK if you don&amp;#x27;t want to pay.  Most shops I know of are using OpenJDK for all production deployments at this point unless you have a larger contract with Oracle.</text></comment>