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Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by binarynate »

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.

Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by giancarlostoro »

binarynate wrote: post #2

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."

Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by tomohawk »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #4
binarynate wrote: post #2

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."

At least there's no pretense

Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by aphextron »

binarynate wrote: post #2

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.

>Between this and Oracle's ongoing lawsuit against Google for their use of Java in Android, I have a pretty low opinion of Oracle.

You won't find any argument here

Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by blasdel »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #4
binarynate wrote: post #2

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."

It's more accurately "take money" — don't anthropomorphize them: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5170246

Re: Oracle owns “JavaScript”, so Apple is taking down my app

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Post by _sdegutis »

jarsin wrote: post #3

Finally, the ultimate reason to kill off JavaScript once and for all!

Meh, I learned modern JavaScript and dove deep into how JS works over the last year and I think it’s probably one of my favorite dynamic languages if not my most favorite one. The syntax is a nice sweet spot, the semantics make more sense in most situations than Ruby or Python, the lacking standard library has been more than made up for by third part packages. I’d love to work in JS in the future which isn’t something I’d have said 10 years ago and especially not 20 years ago.
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