Potential competitor removed from play
replyDuckdb is already an aws offering
replyI thought MySQL wasn't led badly? Compared to its forks
replythey did fairly well with Java
replyI could definitely imagine Java in better hands.
replyI can't think of many other languages/frameworks where one of the worst places to install it is from the primary sponsor/maintainer.
Java could be in better hands. Maybe will be, one day, when Oracle finally ends up fighting the organisational fire that has started in their debt pile.
replyThat's odd; I've only heard good things about the Java team at Oracle. Is there a public article or insider knowledge that differs?
replyI mean this more generally, beyond that team. Oracle have used their ownership of Java as a thumping great cudgel before, and my own feeling is that the Google lawsuit basically ended Java’s appeal as a language on which others would risk any kind of innovation. A more nuanced approach might have preserved its relevance.
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