Oracle Java SE vs. Red Hat build of OpenJDK

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Oracle Java SE
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Oracle Java SE is a programming language and gives customers enterprise features that minimize the costs of deployment and maintenance of their Java-based IT environment.N/A
Red Hat build of OpenJDK
Score 8.2 out of 10
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Red Hat offers their implementation of OpenJDK as a free and open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). Red Hat delivers quarterly JRE and JDK updates per year for the OpenJDK 8 and 11 distributions via rpm and zip files. OpenJDK is now supported on Windows and RHEL helping users standardize on a single java platform across desktop, datacenter and hybrid cloud.N/A
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Oracle Java SERed Hat build of OpenJDK
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Oracle Java SERed Hat build of OpenJDK
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Oracle Java SERed Hat build of OpenJDK
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Usability
7.4
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Support Rating
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User Testimonials
Oracle Java SERed Hat build of OpenJDK
Likelihood to Recommend
Oracle Java SE is well suited to long-running applications (e.g. servers). Java Swing (UI toolkit) is now rather outdated, lacking support for modern UI features. JavaFX, the potential replacement for Swing, has now been separated out of Java core. Ideally, there would be a path to migrate a large application incrementally from Swing to JavaFX, but due to different threading models and other aspects, it is difficult. At this point, it is probably better to use an embedded web browser (e.g. JxBrowser) to provide a modern UI in HTML/Javascript and keep just the business logic in Java.
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It's best when you want to use JDK version 11 that currently I'm using and it's one of the best out there in market. Currently we I'm using Red Hat build of OpenJDK for my company project and in which we work on Java 11, so to integrate Java 11 i need to have JDK 11 so I choose to go with the Red Hat build of OpenJDK as it's provide Conveniently integration with the project.
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Pros
  • Since Java runs on a virtual machine, it's generally considered to be agnostic of the hardware it's running on. It allows for deployment across a mix of hardware setups with the same binary.
  • Lots of literature, third party libraries, support forums, and books have been devoted to Java in general, making it a great language to use to support the business.
  • Backwards compatibility has been an important strength of Java for us. Legacy code that isn't ready to be retired yet can still run on our newer setups despite using older versions of OJSE.
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  • Provides good support for JRE
  • Stability while installing.
  • Good Integration With the Project.
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Cons
  • I would like to see more standardization on the convention level of good code practices in Java that could be promoted by Oracle
  • I would like to see a little more investment into JavaFX as with Graal VM there is a big potential
  • I would like to see more WebAssambly/WASM related features
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  • Can be easily available for download.
  • Should also integrate JRE with it.
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Usability
The language is fluent and has good support from a number of open source and commercial IDEs. Language features are added every 6 months, although long-term service releases are only available every 3 years. It would be nice if some of the older APIs were depreciated with more pressure to move to the new replacement APIs (e.g. File vs. Path), but transitions to new features are generally well implemented.
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Support Rating
Java is such a mature product at this point that there is little support from the vendor that is needed. Various sources on the internet, and especially StackOverflow, provide a wealth of knowledge and advice. Areas that may benefit from support is when dealing with complex multithreading issues and security libraries.
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Alternatives Considered
We choose Java as our system has multiple sub-applications that have different purposes and architecture including back-end applications, front-end UI, front-end Rest API, and Selenium Automation tests. They are deployed in Windows and Linux, communicate with each other using Rest API, RMI and Queue Message and need to support different deployment environment from Dev, Test, UAT to Production so using Java allows us to have a common standard from development, build and deployment for all applications.
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Provides excellent support for the machine (PC) and easy to install and setup. It's best when you want to use JDK version 11 that currently I'm using and it's one of the best out there in market. Currently we I'm using Red Hat build of OpenJDK for my company project and in which we work on Java 11, so to integrate Java 11 i need to have JDK 11 so I choose to go with the Red Hat build of OpenJDK as it's provide Conveniently integration with the project.
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Return on Investment
  • We didn't need to spend more time and resources on developing apps for each OS. Our Java application worked perfectly on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
  • Our customers aren't fully satisfied with the performance of our application, specifically load up times.
  • We didn't need to purchase training courses for our software developers. Each of them were already well-versed in using Java SE.
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  • Nothing as of now. (It's freely available to download from Redhat)
  • It's free of cost so it might be 100% effective on Cost.
  • One can download it from the Red hat community.
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