Thanks for saying that. I totally agree. > No, oracle dealing more damage to FOSS in one year than microsoft in > the past ten is not a 'fact' at all. > > Exhibit A: Microsoft heavily sponsored Daryl McBride and company. > > And with this exhibit A, I'll now judge-dredd style act as jury and > judge too, and call microsoft a bunch of FOSS hating litigious > asshats. Oracle is a mere grasshopper compared to them. > > On Aug 17, 5:39 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm suggesting than within 1 year of stewardship, Oracle did more harm >> to FLOSS than Microsoft did the last 10. Not suggesting Microsoft are >> saints and that they would not have pursued the same avenue, but facts >> are facts. And we don't need time travel, just to get rid of stinkin' >> software patents and the ridiculous powers given to businesses with >> enough attorneys and destructive ulterior motives. >> >> On Aug 17, 5:08 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > But if we go by which company is nicer / less sue-happy, then Google >> > clearly made the right choice at the time. The sun of yesteryear is >> > not the oracle of today. Unless you're suggesting that google should >> > have invested heavily in time travel tech, of course. >> >> > On Aug 17, 1:39 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > On Aug 17, 12:17 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > No, if google had gone with C#/Mono, they'd have only a quarter of >> > > > their current userbase, and what makes you think Microsoft would >> NOT >> > > > have sued Google with a bunch of overly broad patents? Microsoft >> has >> > > > more at stake than Oracle, and would have a more destructive end- >> > > > result in mind (killing off android to make room for windows >> mobile >> > > > 7). >> >> > > Power corrupts and Microsoft have indeed been abusive in the past, >> but >> > > if Google sticked to the Ecma spec I don't see how they could do >> > > anything against a clean-room implementation like Mono. Hopefully >> they >> > > will eventually replace their monkey CEO, but for the time being >> > > Ellison is the scary one and Ballmer is the one to pity. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >
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