I just find it funny that now Oracle is selling their language and MS is giving theirs away (more or less). I had figured that Oracle would simply borrow the MS approach but I guess the $$ were more important to them.
I wonder if this affects Android (or maybe losing that battle with Google is what prompted this...) Fletcher Fletcher Johnson fletchersjohn...@yahoo.com LinkedIn.com/in/FletcherJohnson beknown.com/FletcherJohnson twitter.com/fletcherJ twitter.com/svcsug strava.com/athletes/fletcherjohnson 408-946-0960 - work 408-781-2345 - cell -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10:02 AM To: ProFox Mailing List Subject: Re: [NF] Anyone seen pricing on Java fees for 2019? On Nov 14, 2018, at 11:21 AM, Stephen Russell <srussell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We agree on seeing the monetary potential for java ownership was going to > bite us all. One of the most compelling reasons for adopting Python is that such practices are impossible. It is permissibly licensed, so the threat of some corporation holding a critical part of an app hostage for licensing fees is simply not possible. Same is true for Go. When I realized that Microsoft was killing VFP because it could make more money on other products, I swore I would never get suckered into such a situation ever again. -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/003b01d47d44$4ad94c70$e08be550$@yahoo.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
