===== Winter Quarter 2019 Announcements =====

ICS shell account quotas have been adjusted up for ICS faculty and students.  Please see the following page for the new limits.

  * [[group:support:accounts:quotas|ICS Shell Account Quotas]]

==== Oracle Will Charge for Java Starting in 2019 ====

==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]]


==OracleJDK/OpenJDK for Java Roadmap==

  * **[[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

==OpendJDK for Java 11:==

  * [[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]]

==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.

==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]]



==== 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.