[Info-vax] Posts
Lawrence D'Oliveiro
ldo at nz.invalid
Mon May 27 20:58:22 EDT 2024
On Mon, 27 May 2024 20:15:09 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> I think many underestimate the effort it takes to open source
> proprietary code. There is a well known example. Sun Java -> OpenJDK.
> That was a top-priority of the new Sun CEO. But it still took 12 months
> to release 96% of the code. And it took a few more years to get the last
> 4% replaces with open source.
And then Oracle sued Google over it anyway.
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