Monday, April 07, 2008

Sun refashions Java support options - Yahoo! News

Looks like JAVA is looking for some new "monetization" options

Sun Microsystems is refashioning customer support options for Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE), extending support to 15 years under one paid plan and reducing it from six years to three years under an alternative free plan.

Featured is a new paid subscription program called Java SE for Business, which provides fixes for the 1.4, 5, and 6 versions of Java SE.

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Java SE for Business costs $10 per employee per year for a standard subscription and scales to $12.50 per employee per year for Premium Plus service featuring faster and customized fixes.

Sun refashions Java support options - Yahoo! News

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