NOTHING in life is free. Basic science and economics. > On Jul 17, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Space A. <reexist...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Others already replied about Oracle, and I don't want to go OT here, just a > small remark: you a wrong saying that VS Code is free. You are not paying > bills directly, that's correct. But it is not quite true that you are not > paying at all. It's just a different business model, first of all letting > Microsoft have close connection to wide dev audience and push and advertise > for own technologies, such as azure. > And if next time you start imagine that something made by corp is free, just > think for a while who at the end of the day pays for the party. And where > these money taken from. > > > ср, 17 июл. 2019 г. в 09:07, Michael Jones <michael.jo...@gmail.com>: >> I'm a reader here, so @all includes me. In regards to Oracle, I was >> delighted when they released VirtualBox under GPL and remain delighted that >> they pay Oracle employees to enhance it and share their work. When they >> write (https://www.virtualbox.org)... >> >> "VirtualBox is being actively developed with frequent releases and has an >> ever growing list of features, supported guest operating systems and >> platforms it runs on. VirtualBox is a community effort backed by a dedicated >> company: everyone is encouraged to contribute while Oracle ensures the >> product always meets professional quality criteria." >> >> ...I find that a logical explanation and a mutually beneficial outcome. The >> name 'Oracle' on that page does not discomfort me, nor does it upset me that >> the remarkable and free VS-Code admits to Microsoft's parentage--I thank >> them for that. I feel the same way about Google staffing Go with my computer >> science heroes (Ken Thompson et al!), building a wonderful language, >> application-level operating system, rigorous spec, two compilers, and open >> sourcing every bit of it. I am grateful, respectful, and absolutely stunned >> at your vitriol in response to gifts that none of us earned. It feels base >> and unseemly to me. Maybe you could reconsider your posture. >> >> Michael Jones >> Ever grateful for manna from heaven >> >>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:05 PM Anca Emanuel <anca.eman...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> @all, what do you think of Oracle ? >>> That is not an company, that is an monster. >>> >>>> On Monday, July 15, 2019 at 6:40:19 PM UTC+3, Michal Strba wrote: >>>> As you all know, the new, redesigned Go website has a Google logo in the >>>> bottom right corner. >>>> Someone opened an issue about this, worrying that with the logo, nobody >>>> will see Go as a community project: >>>> https://github.com/golang/go/issues/33021 >>>> >>>> The issue was promptly closed and locked by a Go team member, which I must >>>> admit, is kind of an unfair move. >>>> If you read this thread on r/programming, it seems like the worries are >>>> quite justified: >>>> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ccidly/golang_issue_ticket_remove_the_google_logo/ >>>> >>>> I personally am fine with the logo. >>>> >>>> What do you think? For example, Rust has no Mozilla logo on its page >>>> despite being largely funded by it. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/708a60a4-0ad2-41f6-a997-8fa6c5f83e53%40googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Michael T. Jones >> michael.jo...@gmail.com >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/9gKxXmDT34k/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALoEmQxy2aSEQGQuUyQNUwDfc4rNYR1_YYYmw7tP2Mih8EuAzA%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CADKwOTcjW_0nJFr1svitpb1%3DiAYwD%2B8oDZ7fXO-H%2B%3DQ0MKN-tw%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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