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This is the wrong way to look at it from a business perspective. They don’t directly profit off licensing or support or anything like that, but they gain free a
by greggsy 1y ago
This is the wrong way to look at it from a business perspective. They don’t directly profit off licensing or support or anything like that, but they gain free advertising.
They gain absolutely nothing by handing over the name and brand - in fact they lose valuable brand recognition.
Obviously most people in the industry hate them with a passion (see this thread as evidence), but many see the association as evidence that they might at least have some expertise with that product set. I certainly don’t agree with their position, but it makes sense commercially.
- msinclair 1y agoHow are they going to lose brand recognition, when a majority of people do not associate JavaScript with Oracle? The only language I associate with Oracle is Java.
- madeofpalk 1y agoBrand recognition for what? No one thinks of Oracle when they see JavaScript.
- danparsonson 1y agoIn fact for myself, today was the first day I knew Oracle have anything whatsoever to do with JavaScript.
- fourthark 1y agoOracle purchased Sun, which purchased Netscape. I had to look it up. Edit: more complete history https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44408760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44408760