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The part that's missing from Ars' story is when IBM and Oracle shook hands and decided that SQL was a super-awesome standard that everyone else in the industry
by flomo 7y ago
The part that's missing from Ars' story is when IBM and Oracle shook hands and decided that SQL was a super-awesome standard that everyone else in the industry should be able adopt for free. Yay! So not happening, sry.
Java was different because Sun was actively trying to prevent the "SQL" or "UNIX" semi-compatible fork scenario. IANAL, but bad analogy.
- nwallin 7y agoSun and Google shook hands and decided Java was a super awesome standard that everyone should be able to adopt for free. Yay! Sure, Sun sold Java (and the farm) to Oracle, but what if IBM sold SQL to Google? Do the same takesie-backsies apply?
- flomo 7y agoTotally untrue. Sun had all sorts of legal contracts committees and procedures and testing suites to manage java forking into different environments. Sun sued Microsoft for $1 BILLION dollars for violating their Java license. Sun and Google had negotiations about licensing Java, and they certainly did not end with shaking hands. Old post, so just saying this guy is factual-free.