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Re:The decline and fall of Java on the desktop by scarmig on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:00PM (#30533081)
People always love to invent mythic narratives about a golden age that was betrayed by its lesser descendents. It can be the Greeks mythologizing their ancestors, Marxists bemoaning how Stalin betrayed Lenin's legacy, or Java/Solaris partisans hating on Oracle.

The fact that the acquisition cast off a bunch of brilliant, distinguished, charismatic engineers who have every reason to further the mythmaking also plays into why we hear so much of it. But to give credit where it's due, it's given us this esteemable gem of a rant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=33m

Re:The decline and fall of Java on the desktop by ModernMech on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:27PM (#30535945)
Oh my God that was epic. Ellison as lawnmower is spot on.