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According to Wikipedia, JavaScript first appeared on December 4th, 1995, as a part of Netscape Navigator. The name was LiveScript in beta versions. Sun Microsy

by ozgung 1y ago

According to Wikipedia, JavaScript first appeared on December 4th, 1995, as a part of Netscape Navigator. The name was LiveScript in beta versions. Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle) made the application for the trademark[1] on December 1st, 1995. The trademark was issued on May 6th, 1997. [1]https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=75026640&caseType=SERIAL_...

bambax 1y ago
I have always wondered why Google didn't buy Sun? They propbably were at the time (and probably still are?) the biggest corporate users of both Java and JavaScript (which, of course, don't share anything beyond the name).
- linuxftw 1y ago
  During that era, SPARC servers were the absolute premium units inside the datacenter. That aligned better with Oracle selling servers than Google, who doesn't sell servers, IMO.
- severino 1y ago
  Thank God they didn't. Java could be another abandoned Google project now. OTOH I don't think anybody can say anything bad about what Oracle did and is doing with Java.
  - NetMageSCW 1y ago
    Really? Try changing licensing terms every few years until their current commercial license requires paying for every employee whether they use Java or not. The world would be a much better place if Google had googled Java twenty years ago.
    - wiseowise 1y ago
      If you’re not using OpenJDK, you brought this on yourself.
- mdaniel 1y ago
  > the biggest corporate users of both Java I bet AWS would give them a good run for their money on that metric. I got the impression that Google was predominately a C++ shop, whereas the rumor mills tell me that most of the AWS control plane is in Java (I am pretty sure I've actually gotten a stack trace from an AWS API once or twice, but foolishly I didn't save it)
billpg 1y ago
I they had stuck with LiveScript, we'd be using LSON ("Ell-Son") as a data format.
- mdaniel 1y ago
  Another bullet dodged, since saying Ellison 3 times in a row would cause a gaggle of lawyers to appear in the room

by ozgung 1y ago

bambax 1y ago

I have always wondered why Google didn't buy Sun? They propbably were at the time (and probably still are?) the biggest corporate users of both Java and JavaScript (which, of course, don't share anything beyond the name).

linuxftw 1y ago
During that era, SPARC servers were the absolute premium units inside the datacenter. That aligned better with Oracle selling servers than Google, who doesn't sell servers, IMO.
severino 1y ago
Thank God they didn't. Java could be another abandoned Google project now. OTOH I don't think anybody can say anything bad about what Oracle did and is doing with Java.
- NetMageSCW 1y ago
  Really? Try changing licensing terms every few years until their current commercial license requires paying for every employee whether they use Java or not. The world would be a much better place if Google had googled Java twenty years ago.
  - wiseowise 1y ago
    If you’re not using OpenJDK, you brought this on yourself.
mdaniel 1y ago
> the biggest corporate users of both Java I bet AWS would give them a good run for their money on that metric. I got the impression that Google was predominately a C++ shop, whereas the rumor mills tell me that most of the AWS control plane is in Java (I am pretty sure I've actually gotten a stack trace from an AWS API once or twice, but foolishly I didn't save it)

billpg 1y ago

I they had stuck with LiveScript, we'd be using LSON ("Ell-Son") as a data format.

mdaniel 1y ago
Another bullet dodged, since saying Ellison 3 times in a row would cause a gaggle of lawyers to appear in the room