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Comment by dktnj | Hacker News Reader

This is really great marketing for Microsoft and .Net

Modern .Net doesn't really have a similar concept to the Java Platform anyway. The Windows-only .Net Framework did, but the last major release of that was back in 2019 (it still gets security updates, but not feature).

These days .Net applications are fully self-contained, cross-platform, with everything you need in the bin. Unlikely Microsoft could go after people similarly even if they wanted to.

I definitely feel bad for Java developers, Oracle has ruined Java's reputation and made companies more careful around it even if they may not be impacted.

Hmm, Java is more open than ever, and the development of the JVM is more vibrant than ever. For over 99% of people, OpenJDK (or any other similar distribution) is all they will ever need.

As a Java developer, I am certainly much happier now than I was 15 years ago when Sun couldn't invest more in Java development.

Disclaimer: I work for Oracle, but not on Java/JVM.

This is a lot of FUD around Java with no substance at all. If you're afraid of the platform owners being in your way you should go with Java and not with Microsoft.

The JDK is under the same GPL 2.0 license as Linux, which is a rock solid way to ensure nobody can ever make it less open source. Several big players are contributing to Java and due to it being GPL licensed everything is open source.

For the .NET ecosystem it's still 99% Microsoft with virtually no others contributing. And it's only MIT licensed so anybody picking it up in the future can do so without contributing back to open source.

As a Java developer I'm quite pleased, happy with Oracle's stewardship. Tired of the articles and commenters on articles that use FUD to smear Oracle. Guess Microsoft and Amazon are really worried about Oracle Cloud's rise, Java gets stronger and .net still sucks.

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