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minus-squarenon_burglar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·4 days agoWhen they bought Sun, they: killed Solaris, effectively tried to kill zfs too nearly killed mysql with licensing audits became borderline evil with licensing practices acted like complete assholes in court, holding up cases for years
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·4 days agoSun was such a useful contributor to the ecosystem and they fucking trashed absolutely everything. It’s a miracle that so much stuff could be saved.
minus-squaredukatos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoYou forgot what they did to Java, plus they sued Google for using Java API.
When they bought Sun, they:
Sun was such a useful contributor to the ecosystem and they fucking trashed absolutely everything. It’s a miracle that so much stuff could be saved.
Oracle triggered a fork bomb.
You forgot what they did to Java, plus they sued Google for using Java API.