We can call it VanillaScript. Seems appropriate with how we generally call its usage :)
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Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
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Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#92It is very likely that people in the core technical teams are not even aware that Oracle owns the Javascript trademark.
I worked with a team implementing JavaScript at Oracle and of course we knew it.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#93> Oracle does not have any products using the trademark … Oracle doesn’t even participate in the development of any of the JavaScript engines
Strangely ignorant from Ryan - Oracle does maintain a JavaScript engine product - GraalJS. In fact is it possibly the only modern engine available under a commercial licence?
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yet somehow people like this manage to employ and fund the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people, established an ecosystem of skilled engineers, and deliver products that run huge swathes of the economy. I’m no particular fan of Ellison, but I’ve worked for a billionaire when he made his money, Mo Ibrahim. Just the nicest guy. His technical smarts and business sense helped launch a key stage in my career and I’l…
My friend you need to get a grip. Mo Ibrahim employs people because he makes money off of them; not because he's a saint. Your phrasing makes it sound like Walmart employees should be licking the Walmart brothers boots for the opportunity to make them money. Billionaires become billionaires by setting up systems and collecting rent. That's it. Whether that's good or bad is a different topic.
All I'm saying is that a system without leaders that have creativity and vision would be a poor thing. Ultimately the question is, who should be in charge of allocating resources. There's a major role for government but I think largely, but not exclusively, it should be private citizens that have demonstrated their ability to start and run businesses and create jobs and products. If you think it should be someone else, you're free to suggest an alternative.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#95Haha asking Oracle to give up legal rights.
Good luck with that :) :) :)
PS I never understood why they called it JavaScript since it has nothing to do with Java.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you pronounce JS out loud, and why is your way right and the other way wrong?
My vote is “Jizz”, because it’s phonetic. Which will eventually become JizzScript, infuriating everyone bothered by ATM machines and PIN numbers.
I think that name will bother people for more reasons than that XD
But that was of course your point.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#97I hope the release their ZFS as BSD as well.
I hope someone will give me a million bucks. Which is more likely.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
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Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#99Haha asking Oracle to give up legal rights. Good luck with that :) :) :) PS I never understood why they called it JavaScript since it has nothing to do with Java.
My only thought was to associate it with the "write once run anywhere" nature of java.
Re: Dear Oracle, Please Release the JavaScript Trademark
#100Haha asking Oracle to give up legal rights. Good luck with that :) :) :) PS I never understood why they called it JavaScript since it has nothing to do with Java.
If I understand correctly it was a marketing thing (cof cof C#), but also the creators actually had plans to collaborate with Sun and (somehow?) integrate the language with Java.