88% of Oracle Java customers are considering leaving

A new report from Java vendor Azul says 88% of companies are considering switching from Oracle Java to an alternative, in part because of rising costs and restrictive policies from Oracle.

Oracle changed its licensing model for Java two years ago, basing costs on the number of employees in an organization rather than the number of Java instances they use. Since then, organizations have been considering alternatives, and 72% of respondents in a 2023 survey said they…