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Do you truly believe that? Just asking ...
Do you? Seems like it struck a nerve with a lot of people. Not sure what their problem is.
I could be wrong.
I knew that Microsoft had to call their ECMAScript implementation JScript, but it never dawned on me that Oracle is the current owner of the "JavaScript" trademark: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=2416017&caseSearchType=US_... Between this and Oracle's ongoing lawsuit against Google for their use of Java in Android, I have a pretty low opinion of Oracle.
If I had to explain Oracle to anyone I would only say that their motto is simply "Do all evil."
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Do you? Seems like it struck a nerve with a lot of people. Not sure what their problem is.
I didn't downvote you, but I believe I understand why folks got upset. It appears that you are taking a passive aggressive dig at all religions because the parent comment referenced a Christian biblical verse (1 Timothy 6:10). While this usually isn't an issue here, the comment appears unrelated to the main conversation and may be seen as trolling. I could be wrong.
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But the root of all evil is believing there is only one truth and that you are in possession of it.
I thought it was premature optimisation.
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>Never attribute to malice what you can attribute to a corporate lawyer. Are corporate lawyers not the physical manifestation of malice itself?
There are no lawyers in this thread, huh? My wife is a corporate lawyer, so ive seen a little bit of these shenanigans from her perspective. And it pretty much boils down to this: there are certain risks lawyers can take and keep their jobs, and risks they will lose their jobs over. Like everyone else, they do not enjoy unemployment. Saying “this business idea is fine, go for it” and it succeeds? They get no credit.…
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A test case might be needed. If Oracle were to sue a deep-pocketed competitor over the trademark, then we might find a court reaching the conclusion that the trademark has been diluted and the name is now generic. But if Oracle does no such thing, and sues only shallow-pocketed "nobodies", then the legal status of the mark will remain unclear. My guess is Oracle would only do the latter, and that they're doing it bec…
This is Oracle. "Never attribute to malice [...]" doesn't apply to Oracle.
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But the root of all evil is believing there is only one truth and that you are in possession of it.
Do you truly believe that? Just asking ...
It took me a while though:
I was wondering if this statement is self-contradictory or not. Eventually, I figured it is not necessarily self-contradictory, but that it declares itself to be an evil belief (since it is a statement of universal truth that declares that the belief of any universal truth is evil).
Of course I think it’s just incorrect.
For my sake, I believe in truth and good, and that if someone finds a good thing, they should tell others about it in a respectful and loving way.
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But the root of all evil is believing there is only one truth and that you are in possession of it.
Do you truly believe that? Just asking ...
Nihilism: Nothing matters except for the fact that nothing matters.