Can any IT/InfoSec people tell me why in the heck do I need to put in a ticket to download the Java runtime environment?

Like seriously, how is blocking this beneficial? I'm genuinely curious.

Because there might be legal liabilities by the company if you download the wrong version. They changed their licensing for the SE version (I think) some time ago.

Also, openjdk/openjre is now the defacto spec for Java now. If you can get away with using that it might be a better option.

@Demolishun The first rule of Oracle Club is: you wish you were not a member.

Lol do you work at the same company I do (I’m kidding). Hopefully you don’t need to also call the help desk just to run updates or actually install anything. Nothing like trying to talk the new help desk tech who’s never seen a command line install WSL, Alacritty, and Neovim.

@turturtles wow man I just might! T1 tech had no idea what WSL is when I put the ticket in. Needed permission for that, PyCharm, VS Code, and just about everything else. It was all separate tickets too. I hate these antiquated security policies of "block literally everything"

@Fast-Nop the website to download Java looks like it hasn't been touched since 2005. That alone tells me everything I need to know about it

@Demolishun I appreciate the info, that makes a lot of sense actually.

@sleazyboi Wait until you run into their licence traps - getting anally raped with high voltage barbed wire would be more comfortable.

because its java :P

No-one uses Java from Oracle these days. Use openjdk or corretto or one of the other many free ones.

Looks like corporate shit, jump out.

@gcavalcante8808 yup, already planning on it