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Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by littlecranky67 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @04:38AM (#48255628)
Java wasn’t open source at all from the beginning.
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Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by pjmlp on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:59AM (#48255986)
No, but it was free/gratis distributed on almost every developer magazine shipping with CDs.

One of the reasons why it took off.

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Re:dotNET (OK, C#) gets union types by hackerqwe on Sunday May 24, 2026 @05:36AM (#48255896)
And the binaries, the default sdk when using java, i.e. oracle jdk, is still not open source, encumbered with a mine field of legalese. For a long time it also included malware as ask toolbar. Stay away.
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