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Re: Does anyone understand this?

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On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 2:01:03 PM UTC-4, Eternal Hope wrote:
> I've never really fully understood why Sun and now Oracle pour(ed) what 
> must be large amounts of cash into Java and then continue to give it 
> away free. I know Oracle bought up WebLogic and flog it for a big wedge 
> but I can't see that covering the ex's. If you want the latest 
> specification for C you have to pay for it. I know the 'final drafts' 
> are free but still, if you want the approved documentation AFAIAA you 
> have to stump up the readies.
> 
> DuckDuckGo "why is Java free" gives all sorts of reasons, I'm not 
> expecting a definitive answer, it's just rhetorical musings really. I've 
> earned a good living for years from Java and never paid a penny to a 
> vendor. It just seems odd given that you have to pay to take a piss 
> these days, someone in the UK has even started flogging cans of Lake 
> District air apparently.

Aren't most things free these days?  I can get Java free and write code that runs on any device that supports a full Java install.  I can get C# free and write code that runs on any device that has Windows.  There's usually a catch paid for by someone.  Do you have to pay to put Java on a device ie a blu-ray player?  Don't they also have a paid Java, with extended support life?  I wonder how much they get from that.

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Does anyone understand this? Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 17:17 +0100
  Re: Does anyone understand this? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2015-08-17 19:06 +0200
    Re: Does anyone understand this? Eternal Hope <laughingspam99@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 19:00 +0100
      Re: Does anyone understand this? e.d.programmer@gmail.com - 2015-08-17 12:39 -0700
      Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 20:07 -0400
    Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 20:02 -0400
  Re: Does anyone understand this? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-08-17 19:53 -0400

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