Comment on RIP Java, 1995-2010Comments−wolfrom16yIsn't comparing Oracle to SCO coming close to showing that Java will die just as quickly as Linux?−cstross16yNo, it's showing that Java will die just as quickly as UNIX. (Specifically the bastardized offshoot of SVR4.2 for IA32 that SCO were selling.)It is a really bad idea to sue people who use your products -- onlookers may get entirely the wrong idea and start crossing the street to avoid you.
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Isn't comparing Oracle to SCO coming close to showing that Java will die just as quickly as Linux?
No, it's showing that Java will die just as quickly as UNIX. (Specifically the bastardized offshoot of SVR4.2 for IA32 that SCO were selling.)
It is a really bad idea to sue people who use your products -- onlookers may get entirely the wrong idea and start crossing the street to avoid you.