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Well, Google had the opportunity to bid for Sun. The price was peanuts for Google. But they didn't pursue it, despite the risk. They brought this to temselves.

• travisoneill1 8y ago
  That's like saying that you could have gone to the gun store and bought the gun that I am pointing at your head before I did. It wasn't very expensive and you could easily afford it. You really brought this robbery on yourself.
  • koolba 8y ago
    That actually describes the situation pretty well.
  • richardw 8y ago
    The analogy works if there's only one gun and I was offered it in an auction. I turned it down despite knowing you're very keen on robberies and in my neighbourhood. And I heard you're keen on buying it. I kept the money and now you're using the gun to get the money I saved. If we had a second round, this time with a machine gun... What would you do? I'm still cross with Google. At the time it seemed like the natural home for Java.
  • dragandj 8y ago
    Except that Google is not a friendly grandma, but a global thug that has its own gun arsenal, including the knock-off copy of a gun that was offered at the auction with a hefty discount.