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Re:Open Letter to the Linux Foundation by hoistbypetard on Friday November 08, 2019 @09:11PM (#21489083)
Can the letters "JS" be conflated with some other concept that offends someone who is inclined to make a stink on twitter and has a lot of followers? It could happen...

Unfortunately we'd probably just rename it something less offensive like ECMAScript.

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Re:Open Letter to the Linux Foundation by erik_seaberg on Saturday November 09, 2019 @07:15PM (#21495479)
“Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases …”
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