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

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Post by jgalt212 » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:33 AM UTC

It's going to be hard to fight a company that has $600 billion in revenues coming their way--just from one customer!

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

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Post by giveita » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:35 AM UTC

siva7 wrote: post #13

I can't be the only one who believes the name JavaScript should die in Peace. It was and still is the worst naming of any popular programming language in existence.

JS is better and you can make it a recurisve backronym. JS stands for: JS Script.

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

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Post by maccard » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:35 AM UTC

Kinda hard to justify a gofundme for a vc backed company with 21m in a series A round...

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

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Post by giveita » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:36 AM UTC

glimshe wrote: post #7

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Floss their teeth? Don't drink too much? Research before they vote?

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

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:39 AM UTC

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

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Post by op7 » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:41 AM UTC

Sorry but I'm not going to sponsor you stealing a company's trademark.

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

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Post by youtubeuser » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

Alt names: JS, ECMAScript (ES?), WebScript (WS?)

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

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Post by StapleHorse » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

siva7 wrote: post #13

I can't be the only one who believes the name JavaScript should die in Peace. It was and still is the worst naming of any popular programming language in existence.

This give me the idea of creating a dontion site that allow the user to donate in favor of a cause, but also against.

Use only one variable that can go negative. The plaform keeps "only" the money on the losing side X2. For the lols.

In these days and age of hate and confrontation, whos knows it may work.

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

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Post by youtubeuser » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:48 AM UTC

loloquwowndueo wrote: post #15

Can’t deno afford $200k without any help?

They can. It'd be better if they asked other orgs and individuals to publicly support the task, even without funding it.

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

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Post by impostervt » Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 11:49 AM UTC

siva7 wrote: post #13

I can't be the only one who believes the name JavaScript should die in Peace. It was and still is the worst naming of any popular programming language in existence.

Honestly think Go is worse. So hard to google anything about it.