Post ACwRZCdTdBK2XRe28u by huddle@mstdn.io
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(DIR) Post #ACwKBetEES9XXOq3EG by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T00:07:25Z
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Oracle's JDK 17 – Free Again for Commercial Usehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29058831I love the top HN comment 🖕
(DIR) Post #ACwKtJP1TxRXdcWeTQ by huddle@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T00:15:17Z
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@codewiz I think everyone’s response is going to be the same. They turned everyone on to OpenJDK, no one should turn back. Interesting move though.
(DIR) Post #ACwQwdTtszyIVLm7lI by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T01:23:08Z
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@huddle Oracle's CEO seems to be a bit out of touch with developers, isn't he?
(DIR) Post #ACwRZCdTdBK2XRe28u by huddle@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T01:30:06Z
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@codewiz Perhaps she’s just looking at the financial side of it. I know they lost some business over the last several years. The move to OpenJDK took a coordinated IT effort and wasn’t just us devs. They made enemies across the organization.
(DIR) Post #ACwS5FNCzJwwIOJb9M by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T01:35:53Z
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@huddle Oh, I'm the one who's out of touch! Safra Catz is the current CEO, and Larry Ellison is CTO.Anyway... stay away from these greedy people.
(DIR) Post #ACwWsccxiaUgQIU0u0 by Maryam@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T02:29:00Z
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@codewiz I don't get the comment. More context?
(DIR) Post #ACwdfuup6ypP3bj66i by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T03:45:46Z
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@Maryam Oh, it seems the top comment changed. This is the one I was referring to:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29061252
(DIR) Post #ACwejb5wqVEohIFTma by Maryam@mstdn.io
2021-11-01T03:57:38Z
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@codewiz That's the comment for which I need more context.
(DIR) Post #ACz3O4F0gdqTtMEnWi by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-02T07:43:17Z
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@Maryam Well, Oracle has acquired and then proceeded to fuck up all the open-source projects named in that comment.This behavior is reminiscent of Microsoft's old Embrace, Extend, Extinguish strategy, but with open-source projects there's always the option of forking:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29059528
(DIR) Post #ACz3bI4kYsrsYzkBNY by codewiz@mstdn.io
2021-11-02T07:45:41Z
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@Maryam In the case of the JDK, I couldn't care less, but the brand confusion around OpenOffice vs LibreOffice and MySQL vs MariaDB has caused real harm to these projects.