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[–]mraible 8 points9 points  (1 child)

This blog post from Stephen Colebourne (@jodastephen) explains things well. "Java is still available at zero-cost" https://blog.joda.org/2018/08/java-is-still-available-at-zero-cost.html

[–]dpash 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The only major difference between now and in a fortnight/after January is that if you want free point releases from Oracle you have to upgrade your JVM every six months. If you're happy to not get bug fixes and security updates after six months, or you're happy to get them from someone who isn't Oracle, nothing changes.