Oracle finally targets Java non-payers six years after plucking Sun

Re:Oracle finally targets Java non-payers six years after pl... by jongalloway2 on Friday December 16, 2016 @05:28PM (#13197472)

.NET is under MIT license (https://github.com/Microsoft/dotnet/blob/master/LICENSE) and there's also a patent promise (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecifications/dn646766). There isn't an "enterprise .NET" version for sale. There are enterprise versions of Visual Studio, servers, etc., but nothing you could feasibly be "accidentally" using, and nothing that you have to use to do .NET dev.

What specific risk(s) are you thinking about?

Disclaimer: Microsoft employee, Nazgûl

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Re:Oracle finally targets Java non-payers six years after pl... by Gibbon1 on Saturday December 17, 2016 @06:27PM (#13203370)

Could change but I think Bill Gates originally tried making money selling a version of BASIC. Never made much money[1]. Since then Microsoft doesn't try to make money on dev tools. The dev tool business is there to support Microsoft's internal needs and to promote the Windows Platform.

[1] Bunch of companies tried selling compilers with 'drink your milk shake' licensing terms in the 80's. Developer resistance, Microsoft and Borland killed them off.

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