FMS 16 and OpenJDK

[Philip Sommers]

I currently administer a Filemaker 16 Server and only use Oracle Java for the admin console (web publishing is turned off). We want to get rid of Java rather than start paying for it. Rather than upgrade to FMS18, is it possible to use OpenJDK instead of Java for the FMS16 admin console? If so, is there anyone that can provide some guidance on how to do that?

[Wim Decorte]

Not officially, no.  And thus not supported.  You only have 2-3 months of support left on FMS16 as it stands - if support is important to you then upgrade to FMS18.

[Philip Sommers]

Thanks, Wim.  Wasn't aware that FMS16 end of life was coming up so soon.  Guess we need to upgrade.  Thanks again ...

[Wim Decorte]

This was published back in February:

https://support.claris.com/s/article/New-Claris-support-policy?language=en_US

Both 16 and 17 will be EOL in September 2020.