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HN is a strange forum, where ostensibly intelligent people will post uninformed, sensationalistic comments despite the presence of multiple earlier comments in
by throwawaykf05 11y ago
HN is a strange forum, where ostensibly intelligent people will post uninformed, sensationalistic comments despite the presence of multiple earlier comments in the same thread by better-informed people explaining things clearly. To wit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10848716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10848716
(While I am not sure it nails all the nuances exactly, especially around the distinction between web and language APIs, it is an infinitely better account of the situation than what I've seen in any tech media so far. Golly, I wonder why.)
Of course, it doesn't help that the better informed comment is also down-voted, making it harder to find.
- rms_returns 11y agoNo doubt, the link you have provided has some merit and explains a lot about the Oracle's side of coin. But after reading a lot about this story from all different angles, my final impression is that no organization is all too saintly or 100% honest, and neither are any altogether guilty. In fact, the thing about organizations is that they are multi-faced and do a lot of complex things and its just impossible to keep track of all those details. Considering all this, I feel that the only important thing in technology is that concentration of power shouldn't be in the hands of one/few tech companies, be it Oracle or Google. Rather, there should be checks and balances everywhere. Ideally, all software should be produced by communities where all coders are chosen strictly on merit every commit passes through the scrutiny of all members.