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| ===== Winter Quarter 2019 Announcements ===== | ===== Winter Quarter 2019 Announcements ===== | ||
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| + | ICS shell account quotas have been adjusted up for ICS faculty and students. Please see the following page for the new limits. | ||
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| + | * [[group:support:accounts:quotas|ICS Shell Account Quotas]] | ||
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| + | ==== Oracle Will Charge for Java Starting in 2019 ==== | ||
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| + | ==Source Documentation:== | ||
| + | * [[https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-c02aef8c9e04|https://medium.com/@javachampions/java-is-still-free-c02aef8c9e04]] | ||
| + | * [[https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/javase-license.html|Oracle JDK Java SE License]] | ||
| + | * [[https://openjdk.java.net/|OpenJDK Information]] | ||
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| + | ==OracleJDK/OpenJDK for Java Roadmap== | ||
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| + | * **[[https://openjdk.java.net/|OpenJDK]]** for Java 11: LTS Release, freely available and distributable. | ||
| + | * OpenJDK for Java 8: LTS release, will continue to receive updates, free to use | ||
| + | * Oracle JDK for Java 11: LTS, commercially licensed and unavailable. | ||
| + | * Oracle JDK for Java 8: LTS release, end of public updates January 2019, free to use but vulnerable. | ||
| + | * Java 9 and 10 are EOL or close to EOl | ||
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| + | ==OpendJDK for Java 11:== | ||
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| + | * [[https://openjdk.java.net/|OpenJDK]] for Java 11 released under GPL license. | ||
| + | * Functionally identical and interchangable to OracleJDK for Java 11. | ||
| + | * [[https://jdk.java.net/11/|Installation Instructions]] | ||
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| + | ==Important bullet points regarding ICS== | ||
| + | * ICS Computers running Java 8 can continue to run Java 8 | ||
| + | * ICS Computers running Java 8 will no longer receive updates after January 2019 and will inherit the associated security vulnerabilities. | ||
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| + | ==The Fine print regarding the new Java SE licensing:== | ||
| + | * **You may not: use the Programs for any data processing or any commercial, production, or internal business purposes other than developing, testing, prototyping, and demonstrating your Application;** | ||
| + | * Oracle will not post further updates of Java SE 8 to its public download sites for commercial use after January 2019. | ||
| + | * [[https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/terms/license/javase-license.html|Java SE License]] | ||
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| ==== Bren Hall 2nd Floor Phone Switch Replacment ==== | ==== Bren Hall 2nd Floor Phone Switch Replacment ==== | ||
| On Wednesday, Jan 16 from 6am to 7am, OIT engineers will be installing a new switch for the phone system. There will be some phone downtime while this work is being done. | On Wednesday, Jan 16 from 6am to 7am, OIT engineers will be installing a new switch for the phone system. There will be some phone downtime while this work is being done. | ||
