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That's because none of Java's competitors have commercial support offerings to begin with, as far as I know? It's the same situation as with Linux. Red Hat Ent
by mike_hearn 1y ago
That's because none of Java's competitors have commercial support offerings to begin with, as far as I know?
It's the same situation as with Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux isn't free. But it'd be weird if you said you're afraid of using Linux because the licensing is too complicated.
- lenkite 1y agoLots of languages like Python, NodeJS, C++, even Perl have commercial support offerings.
- mike_hearn 1y agoOK but not from the creators of the languages themselves, I think? The point remains though that it's the same situation. There's a free open source implementation and some companies that offer paid support.
- samus 1y agoPretty sure you can get support from Microsoft or other vendors for their C++ compilers.
- mike_hearn 1y agoMicrosoft aren't the creators of C++.
- lenkite 1y agoDotnet has commercial support from Microsoft. They are C# inventors. (Also to needlessly quibble, technically James Gosling under Sun Micro-systems invented Java)
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoCloud providers do if you run your program on their platforms. That’s not exactly what you want but that covers a significant part of the market.