Many corps still use Oracle Java 8 which is an expensive license. In some cases they think that Oracle Java is somehow better than OpenJDK. In other cases they still use old technologies like Applets or Java Webstart.
It’s anything above Oracle Java8u201 more specifically, and some versions like Java 17 are currently free to use commercially.
I was part of the cleanup team where I work (force-uninstall on all machines through MECM, GPOs, and through Intune for macOS systems), good fucking riddance to these legacy apps.
Many corps still use Oracle Java 8 which is an expensive license. In some cases they think that Oracle Java is somehow better than OpenJDK. In other cases they still use old technologies like Applets or Java Webstart.
All in all, it’s in most cases technical debt.
And now it’s going to become quite literal debt
It’s anything above Oracle Java8u201 more specifically, and some versions like Java 17 are currently free to use commercially.
I was part of the cleanup team where I work (force-uninstall on all machines through MECM, GPOs, and through Intune for macOS systems), good fucking riddance to these legacy apps.
It usually comes down to what’s supported by the software vendor. OpenJDK certainly works, but it’s a corporate check box.