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Is Oracle legitimately trying to kill the Java ecosystem or is it just a happy accident? They're almost going out of their way to unravel almost everything Sun

Is Oracle legitimately trying to kill the Java ecosystem or is it just a happy accident? They're almost going out of their way to unravel almost everything Sun stood for and what Java was meant to be... The sad irony is that if this continues, and C# Core keeps getting better, people might move not because C# is inherently better but just to escape Oracle's influence. Java is a lot less "free" than many like to claim see: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java_users_non_compliance/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/16/oracle_targets_java... You might say: "Well just don't use that stuff then!" sure, fine, but what if a vendor you use used them? You still owe Oracle money. Microsoft might be bad, but Oracle is worse, and Java is Oracle.

rad_gruchalski 8y ago
> Is Oracle legitimately trying to kill the Java ecosystem or is it just a happy accident? They're almost going out of their way to unravel almost everything Sun stood for and what Java was meant to be... How does one come to such conclusion after corporate open sources a project?
- Someone1234 8y ago
  By looking at Oracle's management of Java in the larger scope. Here they're destroying a popular Java product used to support other Java products to save money.
miahi 8y ago
Mission Control was always an Oracle product (coming from JRockit), it has nothing to do with Sun. It was added to the HotSpot JVM after the convergence.