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Re:Airyx OS by pjmlp on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:36AM (#28083981)
IBM already tried that in the 80's and lost, due to the way Compaq did it, that is why you have PC compatibles.
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Re:Airyx OS by protomyth on Saturday August 07, 2021 @10:38AM (#28098896)
Yes, but Oracle's lawsuit was trying to rewrite the book so copying API was copyright infringement regardless of the clean room used.
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Re:Airyx OS by pjmlp on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:57PM (#28100948)
Nope, and it was a pity that they lost.
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Re:Airyx OS by protomyth on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:22PM (#28102424)
Ok, why was it a pity Oracle lost?
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Re:Airyx OS by pjmlp on Sunday August 08, 2021 @02:18AM (#28104611)
Android Java is Google's own flavour of J++ and needs to be slammed by the same exemplary way.
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