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A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73% have been audited in the last three years. From a report: At the same time, nearly eight out of 10 Oracle Java users said they had migrated, or planned to shift, to open source Java to try to avoid the risk and high costs of the dominant vendor's development and runtime environments. Oracle introduced a paid subscription for Java in September 2018, and in January 2023, it decided to switch its pricing model to per employee rather than per user, creating a steep price hike for many users. In July 2023, Gartner recorded users experiencing price increases of between two and five times when they switched to the new licensing model. Two years later, the survey conducted by market research firm Dimensional Research showed only 14% of Oracle Java users intended to stick with the vendor's subscription model.

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Explosive video has surfaced of Justin Timberlake completely losing it on his stage crew in the middle of his set at England's Lytham Festival earlier this month.

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court last week where he was formally accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards the females in Epping, Essex.

The troubled singer, 43, who is mom to sons Sean and Jayden with Kevin Federline, told followers she had 'adopted a beautiful baby girl' named Lennon London Spears in a since deleted post.

The beloved BBC series, which is presented by Fiona Bruce, sees members of the public bring their treasured items to be valued by a team of experts.

The mystery surrounding Julian McMahon's death in the United States appears to grow murkier by the day.

Steven Gerrard's daughter, Lilly-Ella, has welcomed her first child - a baby girl.

Two former best friends who filmed themselves cutting down one of Britain's most famous trees with a chainsaw during a 'moronic mission' have been jailed for four years and three months.

The Sophie Lancaster Foundation said members are 'horrified' by the decision to place bench in Whitby into storage without any consultation by North Yorkshire Council.

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Big Red’s changes to Java licensing also inspire exodus to open source

A survey of 500 IT asset managers in organizations that use Oracle Java has found that 73 percent have been audited in the last three years.…

Nearly half of young Americans feel unprepared for future jobs as AI reshapes the workforce faster than career guidance can adapt, according to a new study from the Schultz Family Foundation and HarrisX. The survey of thousands of workers aged 16-24, along with parents, counselors and employers, revealed differences between generations about job availability and requirements. While 71% of employers say sufficient opportunities exist, only 43% of young people agree. Parents rely on outdated personal experiences when advising children, with 79% drawing from their own career paths despite 66% believing their children should pursue different directions. Employers require at least one year of experience for 77% of entry-level positions while offering internships for just 38% of roles.

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The FTSE 100 has risen above 9000 for the first time ever - leaving investors wondering: 'What's next?' This latest leap forward took gains for the year so far beyond 10 per cent.

The five star hotel where Zoe Rae was staying before fleeing Bali because it didn't live up to her social media expectations has been revealed.

The Rooneys aren't the only celebrities who've checked into Butlin's; funnyman Romesh Ranganathan is a fan, alongside Ex-EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa.

Mother Lucy Leggate, 35, and the man she was having an affair with, Daniel Algar, 41, have gone on trial accused of attempting to kidnap her husband Gary after he left work in Swineshead.

They have been sentenced to a combined 34 years in prison or detention training order

by George Whittaker

When Rust first made its way into the Linux kernel in late 2022 (mainline inclusion began with version 6.1), it didn’t merely introduce a new programming language, it marked a profound shift in how we ensure operating system resilience. This article dives into why that matters, how it’s being implemented, and what it could mean for Linux’s long-term robustness.

Tackling the C Legacy: A Fragility Problem

For over three decades, the Linux kernel has been maintained in C, a language that offers both raw control and notorious pitfalls. Manual memory juggling in C leads to high-risk bugs: buffer overflows, phantom pointers, heap corruption, and race conditions. In fact, memory safety issues account for around two-thirds of all kernel vulnerabilities.

Enter Rust: a systems language designed to eliminate whole classes of these errors through strict compile-time checks, without sacrificing low-level efficiency.

Rust’s Safety Toolkit: What Sets It Apart

Rust’s most powerful features for kernel reliability include:

• Ownership semantics & the borrow checker These enforce rules about who owns a piece of memory at compile-time, no dangling pointers, no double frees.

• No runtime garbage collector All abstractions compile down to efficient machine code, ensuring performance remains rock-solid.

• Race elimination for free Rust-language concurrency prevents data races statically, eliminating a whole breed of timing-related bugs.

Combined, these attributes strip away entire categories of vulnerabilities that plague C-based code.

A New Layer: The Rust-for-Linux Framework

The groundwork for Rust modules in Linux was laid with kernel 6.1, and by version 6.8, the first experimental Rust drivers, covering areas like network PHYs and panic QR logging, were accepted. These drivers coexist with traditional C components, forming a hybrid architecture where Rust is used for new drivers while C remains the backbone.

Crucially, this integration includes:

• A Rust bindings crate to interface safely with C internals.

• A kernel crate that wraps core kernel structures and APIs for Rust consumption.

This layering enables gradual Rust adoption, developed drivers, not wholesale rewrites.

Early Results: Fewer Bugs, More Confidence

Evidence is already showing promise:

• Memory safety vulnerabilities drop out as code gets written in Rust, tackling roughly two-thirds of past CVEs.

• Kernel maintainers are noticeably more comfortable merging Rust patches, citing the added rigor from the borrow checker.

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