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Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019... by noJavain2019 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:55AM (#16920662)
... which they most probably will shut down next year. Remember Open Solaris? ...
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Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019... by gargravarr on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @08:24AM (#16920845)
OpenSolaris does still exist, it was forked and continues under the OpenIndiana name now. I think Oracle's major claim over the project was the use of the 'Solaris' name for copyright reasons. I hope that three letters would be a lot harder to assert copyright over, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019... by mbreese on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @09:05AM (#16921142)
Trademark... trademark reasons.
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Re:Java SE 8 business users must buy a licence from Jan 2019... by gargravarr on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @12:50PM (#16923430)
You're right, I get those mixed up.
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