Live data from Hacker News

“Stop reverse engineering our code”

blogs.oracle.com

1–10 of 358 posts

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#2
Is it just me, or is the childish, mocking tone in the OP simultaneously baffling and totally befitting of the point they're trying to make? I understand that they're frustrated by the repeated submission of automated security vulnerability reports, but blanketing it entirely as "reverse engineering" and responding to it like this is... a strange approach.

Did someone at Oracle actually think that this was the best way to make this point?

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#3
post #2

Is it just me, or is the childish, mocking tone in the OP simultaneously baffling and totally befitting of the point they're trying to make? I understand that they're frustrated by the repeated submission of automated security vulnerability reports, but blanketing it entirely as "reverse engineering" and responding to it like this is... a strange approach. Did someone at Oracle actually think that this was the best w…

The previous post on the blog has a similar tone too https://blogs.oracle.com/maryanndavidson/entry/is_your_shell...

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#6
The arrogance is titanic. And her legal team apparently forgot to explain to her that certain jurisdictions permit reverse engineering and decompilation under certain circumstances irrespective of what Oracles license agreement says.

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#7
post #2

Is it just me, or is the childish, mocking tone in the OP simultaneously baffling and totally befitting of the point they're trying to make? I understand that they're frustrated by the repeated submission of automated security vulnerability reports, but blanketing it entirely as "reverse engineering" and responding to it like this is... a strange approach. Did someone at Oracle actually think that this was the best w…

In my opinion she is being paid for propaganda in support of Oracle. By that I mean the message is not beneficial to the whole population of Oracle Users, but only to Oracle Corporate.

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#8
post #4

Is that post for real? https://twitter.com/dinodaizovi/status/630972473945817088

If you read her previous posts you'll see it's the exact same tone and writing style. I think the claims of hacking are a way for people to express their incredulity and not meant seriously.

Re: “Stop reverse engineering our code”

#10
Wow. Someone's been hitting the Kool-Aid pretty hard.

I've seen this institutional hubris first-hand. The unshakable belief (typically by nontechnical management) that all of the smartest people in the world are employed here, working for me.

It always ends badly.

Post reply on HN