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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by sjwright on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:23PM (#13624589)
> pipeline for on-premise licenses

Sorry for being a grammar nazi, but this one is a serious pet peeve. The singular of "premises" isn't "premise", it's "premises".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premises

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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by DoofusOfDeath on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:36PM (#13625545)
Well, as a member of the post-WWII Stasi, I'd like to point out that English generally has no universally accepted authoritative form of the language to which you can persuasively appeal :)
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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by csours on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:00PM (#13625369)
TIL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-premises_software
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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by meddlepal on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:32PM (#13625241)
I'm not sure that's correct. The pluralization is for licenses not on-premise.

Either way "on-premises licenses" sounds weird so I'm likely to stick with "on-premise licenses" regardless. Sorry.

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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by grzm on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:36PM (#13625269)
Premises (singular) is a location. He was on the premises.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20premises

Premise (singular) is a presupposition. The premise is that we can get this done in 3 weeks.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premise

I agree, it sounds weird. I'd avoid it all together and use on-site.

Edit to add: or, as uncle-comment (?) pointed out with the Wikipedia article, on-premises software is a thing. On-prem might be a good compromise, depending on your penchant for shortening like that.

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Re:Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in... by WildUtah on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:55AM (#13627171)
Either way "on-premises licenses" sounds weird so I'm likely to stick with "on-premise licenses" regardless. Sorry.

Downvoted for expressing contempt for the English language and common decency, but then failing to add in the obvious "irregardless."

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