When they bought Sun, they:
- killed Solaris, effectively
- tried to kill zfs too
- nearly killed mysql with licensing audits
- became borderline evil with licensing practices
- acted like complete assholes in court, holding up cases for years
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Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago[deleted]
non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sun was such a useful contributor to the ecosystem and they fucking trashed absolutely everything. It’s a miracle that so much stuff could be saved.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Oracle triggered a fork bomb.
dukatos@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You forgot what they did to Java, plus they sued Google for using Java API.
hexmasteen@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
and OpenOffice and VirtualBox
iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh so it’s a greed thing, but not quite a Nestlé level of evil thing, then. Meh.
partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
You clearly haven’t tried using one of there services APIs.
azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I mean, Nestlé killed hundreds of thousands in impoverished countries. I think the Oracle service APIs can’t be that bad, though I’m sure they would be if it made Larry Ellison $50.
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Only due to lack of capability, not desire.
forrgott@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Why would you keep track? Can’t form your own opinions?!
And what the fuck hasn’t Oracle done? Like, seriously, they’ve been a known bad actor for literally decades now…
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m sorry I don’t follow this company’s actions as closely as you do. I can’t even remember the last time I used Oracle-branded software.
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
“Lets use Oracle DB for that.”
Statements made by the utterly deranged.
fizzle@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
I don’t know the actual reason, but I personally get a bad vibe every time I see the logo because usually it means I’m trying to install or fix some java bullshit, which never goes well.
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
People have hated Oracle for decades.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Hatred of Oracle predates “cancelling” by decades. Oracle is and has always been one of, if not the most disgusting and vicious companies in tech. They kill everything they touch.
If you need a political component, then Oracle = Larry Ellison, but Oracle hate predates and supercedes the American political slide into fascism.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I was at a party about fifteen years ago. A guy introduced himself and we gabbed for a fee minutes. Then he asked what I do for work (IT sysadmin at the time) and I told him and asked the same. He said he was in sales for a tech company. I asked which one, and he stepped close and whispered, “Oracle.” I could see he was prepared for me to bring the hate. He saved himself when he told us he was actually leaving for a gig at Dell. Later, k learned from the host that he made that part about leaving up because he felt bad. I later learned he went to work for Nutanix. Poor guy hated his own employer, and it was obvious.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Nutanix…oof. I deal with them every day. It isn’t their fault their shit can’t handle what we do, but it is their sales folk that constantly lie and misrepresent.
Wanna know one of rhe big reasons people hate Oracle so much? It’s their sales guys. They are awful. If that guy went from Oracle to Nutanix, that tells me that I cannot trust a single syllable out of their mouth.
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Sales? No, their sales department is second to their legal department in hate.
s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lol! I’m glad you picked on that. I won’t badmouth them, but the user experience does that for them. That guy from the party must hate himself, haha
0x0@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
So… your average sales folk?