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Re:Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app by bch on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @10:12PM (#16864080)
Wow - I heard it was called JavaScript to cash in on the familiarity of the name Java, but I didn’t realize it was at the behest of Sun.
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Re:Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app by protomyth on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:16PM (#16864346)
If you look at the Java timeline, the full Java marketing blitz wasn’t in full swing. JavaScript was announced on December 4, 1995 and Java (alpha) was public in March of the same year. A stable Java wasn’t available until 1996. It was more coordinated than riding the coattails.
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Re:Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app by rootlocus on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @02:33AM (#16865156)
> the full Java marketing blitz wasn’t in full swing

Pun unintended I guess, but still funny.

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