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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by pkkp on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @01:33AM (#10039247)
Is it just me, or is the childish, mocking tone in the OP simultaneously baffling and totally befitting of the point they're trying to make? I understand that they're frustrated by the repeated submission of automated security vulnerability reports, but blanketing it entirely as "reverse engineering" and responding to it like this is... a strange approach.

Did someone at Oracle actually think that this was the best way to make this point?

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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by dantiberian on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @01:50AM (#10039309)
The previous post on the blog has a similar tone too https://blogs.oracle.com/maryanndavidson/entry/is_your_shell...
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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by syncsynchalt on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @05:18PM (#10044459)
The formatting in that post is... interesting.

I'd blame the CMS before the author on that point though.

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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by ncr100 on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @02:13AM (#10039361)
In my opinion she is being paid for propaganda in support of Oracle. By that I mean the message is not beneficial to the whole population of Oracle Users, but only to Oracle Corporate.
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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by kjs3 on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @03:24AM (#10039533)
Yeah, it's very poorly written. I always cringe when some exec thinks "oh, it's just a blog so I don't have to write with the same professionalism and attention to detail that I would in other corporate communications".
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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by vacri on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @06:03AM (#10039976)
Well, it's not even 'just a blog', it's a blog hosted by oracle.com about the author's employment at same. The standard of professionalism should be higher given the direct link, methinks. If it were a personal blog on a personal topic, it wouldn't matter as much.
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Re:“Stop reverse engineering our code” by kjs3 on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @10:17AM (#10041202)
I think if recent history is any guide, a C-level who claims "you can't hold me accountable for stupid shit I say on my personal blog" isn't going to be one much longer.
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