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> hundreds of millions of dollar Yes. > in advertising No, in hiring 500 compiler and tool developers, developing and supporting libraries, optimizing it for
by fooker 1y ago
> hundreds of millions of dollar
Yes.
> in advertising
No, in hiring 500 compiler and tool developers, developing and supporting libraries, optimizing it for niche use cases.
- pyrale 1y agoThe Java ecosystem has benefited from way more than that. I was specifically refering to advertising. For instance this kind of headlines [1]. [1]: https://www.theregister.com/2003/06/09/sun_preps_500m_java_brand/ https://www.theregister.com/2003/06/09/sun_preps_500m_java_b...
- fooker 1y agoThis never played out, Sun ran out of money.