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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 00:07:26 UTC Bernie

   Oracle's JDK 17 – Free Again for Commercial Use
   https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29058831

   I love the top HN comment 🖕

   • huddle@mstdn.io's status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 00:15:22 UTC huddle

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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.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 01:23:09 UTC Bernie

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     • huddle

     @huddle Oracle's CEO seems to be a bit out of touch with developers, isn't he?

   • huddle@mstdn.io's status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 01:30:07 UTC huddle

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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.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 01:35:55 UTC Bernie

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     • huddle

     @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.

   • maryam@mstdn.io's status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 02:29:01 UTC Maryam

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     @codewiz I don't get the comment. More context?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 03:45:48 UTC Bernie

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     • Maryam

     @Maryam Oh, it seems the top comment changed. This is the one I was referring to:
     https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29061252

   • maryam@mstdn.io's status on Monday, 01-Nov-2021 03:57:40 UTC Maryam

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     @codewiz That's the comment for which I need more context.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Nov-2021 07:43:19 UTC Bernie

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     • Maryam

     @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

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Nov-2021 07:45:43 UTC Bernie

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     • Maryam

     @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.