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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by oblio on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:22AM (#18185708)
They're slightly less evil than they were, but they're still a company. To quote Brian Cantrill, they're still a lawnmower and will chop your arm off if you put it in the wrong place, without any hard feelings.

I agree with you that they can't afford to be super evil, because they're not the only big fish anymore. They're actually not even the biggest one.

I think it's a bit too early to decide if Java or .Net Core is better placed for the future, though.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by leereeves on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:27AM (#18185755)
Oracle's not the biggest fish either, but that hasn't improved their behavior.

If Microsoft is a lawnmower that will chop your arm off if you put it in the wrong place, Oracle is a self-driving lawnmower that will hunt you down.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by rl3 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:52AM (#18186063)
>Oracle is a self-driving lawnmower that will hunt you down.

That will then litigate unless you already have a multi-year severed limb support contract.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by hinkley on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @06:08PM (#18189375)
In neither case should you decide to take a nap on the lawn.
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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by mey on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:41AM (#18185919)
Your post makes me think you read that statement backwards. (The lawnmower comment is from an oracle talk, etc) It's proposing to move to .net from Java.

With recent licensing changes to Java and microsoft's recent good behavior I have considered it myself.

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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by oblio on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @12:18PM (#18186302)
I've edited my comment to clarify that I'm not backing any migration option (Java -> .Net, .Net -> Java). In my opinion both ecosystems are very solid :)
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Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network by scruffyherder on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @09:53PM (#18190507)
Now if only they had kept J# alive there would be all that 'easy to move' momentium.
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