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Re:Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives... by newsoftheday on Friday June 19, 2026 @10:50AM (#48599275)
> It came several years later, after Microsoft was legally barred

That is an eloquent way of re-writing the history of Microsoft stealing Java and not being allowed to get away with it.

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Re:Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives... by toyg on Friday June 19, 2026 @11:08AM (#48599489)
They didn't "steal" anything, iirc; they started as a legitimate licensee and then tried their usual embrace/extend/extinguish as "J++" (the EEE I mentioned). Sun sued for breach of license and won, barring Microsoft from extending Java outside of the (Sun-controlled) process. So they dropped it and built their own version, with blackjack and hookers.
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Re:Project Valhalla, Explained: How a Decade of Work Arrives... by dingi on Friday June 19, 2026 @12:12PM (#48600178)
> So they dropped it and built their own version, with blackjack and hookers.

This cracked me up

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