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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by fartcannon on Saturday December 18, 2021 @11:30AM (#29605766)
Java was killed by Microsoft using their famous Embrace, Extend And Extinguish method. It's on the wikipedia page as an example of the EEE method.

The fact that Java remains at all today is a testament to the power of open sourcing something.

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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by pjmlp on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:50AM (#29613216)
And ironically Google gets a free pass from SV cheering crowd for trying to do the same.
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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by fartcannon on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:29PM (#29615994)
It's harder to root for Oracle than it was Sun.
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Re:Why Wolfram tech isn’t open source (2019) by pjmlp on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:23PM (#29616646)
No one else bothered to buy Sun, so.
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