26 Dec
2016
26 Dec
'16
20:18
On 12/26/2016 02:58 PM, Aaron Digulla wrote:
Oracle isn't a not-for-profit company. They bought Java to make money. Elliot didn't become a billionaire by giving stuff away for free. If you use his products, you should understand the terms under which you do.
They bought Sun and Java came along for the ride. Also, IIRC, Sun's intention was that it be freely available. Similar happened with OpenOffice and when Sun decided they couldn't make a business with it, they gave it to Apache. BTW, who's Elliot? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org