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		tgma 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript Trademark Update I mean I get Oracle hate and stuff, but remember the great and lovely Sun Microsystems used all tricks in the bag against Microsoft with respect to Java late 90s/early 2000s. So, is "X abuses IP law" hatred is out of principle or because folks seem to be in love with Sun and Google and hate Oracle and Microsoft.

mcv 5 days ago | [–]

Because Microsoft was trying to takeover and change Java, and Sun actually made Java. How is that in any way the same situation as this?

flomo 4 days ago | [–]

Specifically, this is why Internet Explorer had "JScript". Microsoft did bad things to Java and lost their trademark license.

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