I have always wondered why Google didn't buy Sun? They propbably were at the time (and probably still are?) the biggest corporate users of both Java and JavaScript (which, of course, don't share anything beyond the name).

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mdaniel 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> the biggest corporate users of both Java

I bet AWS would give them a good run for their money on that metric. I got the impression that Google was predominately a C++ shop, whereas the rumor mills tell me that most of the AWS control plane is in Java (I am pretty sure I've actually gotten a stack trace from an AWS API once or twice, but foolishly I didn't save it)

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severino 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Thank God they didn't. Java could be another abandoned Google project now. OTOH I don't think anybody can say anything bad about what Oracle did and is doing with Java.

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NetMageSCW 5 days ago | parent [-]

Really? Try changing licensing terms every few years until their current commercial license requires paying for every employee whether they use Java or not.

The world would be a much better place if Google had googled Java twenty years ago.

	▲	wiseowise 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		If you’re not using OpenJDK, you brought this on yourself.

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linuxftw 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

During that era, SPARC servers were the absolute premium units inside the datacenter. That aligned better with Oracle selling servers than Google, who doesn't sell servers, IMO.