Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

deadbabe wrote: post #2

Should we truly donate or do we have no chance in hell? Seems like we are not in the right political climate to score a win here.

Personally we should start using EcmaScript that is after all the actual language standard and stop letting Oracle let Java have a free popularity ride on EcmaScript's back.

Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by NooneAtAll3 » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:34 AM UTC

deadbabe wrote: post #2

Should we truly donate or do we have no chance in hell? Seems like we are not in the right political climate to score a win here.

tbf, with how long these court cases go... result will be decided by next or even after-next political force

Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by scandox » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:35 AM UTC

Oracle is like the magic word that makes me want to give money to causes. Which I rarely do or wish to do.

Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by glimshe » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:35 AM UTC

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Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by donohoe » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:51 AM UTC

glimshe wrote: post #7

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Learn ASP or VBA and embrace true suffering

Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by re-thc » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:53 AM UTC

glimshe wrote: post #7

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Go back to pen and paper.

Re: Help us raise $200k to free JavaScript from Oracle

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Post by billpg » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 10:55 AM UTC

I kinda want Oracle to go further and insist that no-one can call it "JavaScript" any more. Let's all it "JS" and completely break from Java.

"What does JS stand for?" "It stands for itself."