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They can afford to lose 14 clients if they can retain one that pays the increase.
by weavie 4y ago
They can afford to lose 14 clients if they can retain one that pays the increase.
- wongarsu 4y agoShort term they make more money if the only lose 9 out of 10 clients. But long term the loss in mind share might do a lot of damage. Java's biggest selling point is that everyone (or at least every enterprise) is using Java. If they manage to push people away they will just lose to C# as the industry slowly shifts to greener pastures. Of course you can also make money on Cobol, and IBM presumably makes decent money on System Z mainframes. So in the short term it might be great.
- soco 4y agoLet's not forget that Java is not anymore Oracle's property. Just get another Java distribution and you're good to go.