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Unless you consider ancillary information like, IBM owns Redhat and hates Oracle, and Oracle has decided to extract money for anything Java + Enterprise, and UB
by ChuckMcM 8y ago
Unless you consider ancillary information like, IBM owns Redhat and hates Oracle, and Oracle has decided to extract money for anything Java + Enterprise, and UBI is targeted for Enterprise customers.
When you consider that you realize that adding a Java UBI image would just set them up for a fight with Oracle and delay their ability to get moving with UBI.
- chrisseaton 8y agoIBM have their own JVM implementation - they could ship that. Or ship their own build of the OpenJDK like many people do.
- xorcist 8y agoRed Hat already distributes Java in the form of openjdk. Surely the packaging format is irrelevant?
- justincormack 8y agoIBM does not yet own RedHat, the deal will close in another couple of months. IBM cannot influence anything RedHat does yet.
- ChuckMcM 8y agoI actually see this as another reason to stay below the 'lawsuit radar.' A quick search doesn't seem to turn up anything that looks like a showstopper for the acquisition so presumably while it isn't "done" it is likely to complete, would you agree?
- soneil 8y agoIf you consider news like https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/leadership-openjdk-8-and-openjdk-11-transitions-red-hat https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/leadership-op... .. it doesn't seem they're hugely afraid of openjdk
- pjmlp 8y agoAh, I understand that former Sun employees have a sword to fight with Oracle, but no one else, besides a timid IBM offer, was that interested into buying Sun assets. Additionally IBM, Red-Hat and Oracle, collaborate on OpenJDK development and are the few set of companies that actually contribute new language features, with Oracle still having like 90% of contributions.