Inspired by this post by Ed Zitron on Bluesky, I wondered if Oracle would file for bankruptcy in the future, whether due to poor decisions, millions in losses in sectors that failed to meet their targets, the loss of lawsuits filed by users and/or customers, or other reasons.

What fate would you like to see for the products offered by this company?

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[–] potatoguy@potato-guy.space 31 points 2 weeks ago

Oracle database should have only one destination: The garbage bin

[–] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Java is under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation, but realistically it is likely to end up being bought by Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Meta or Apple.

Oracle Solaris is likely to be absorbed by the Illumos Foundation.

Just as Oracle ZFS is likely to be absorbed by the OpenZFS Project.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Man saying Oracle Solaris just put a bad taste in my mouth. As a once Sun fanboy that loved SPARC i am sad now.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Apple doesn't sell WebObjects anymore, I don't think they use Java internally anymore.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

So... nothing of significance.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

We will finally own JavaScript. Which is hilarious.

[–] Loduz_247@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

J# and J++ have entered the chat

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does Oracle own JavaScript? I thought JavaScript was developed by Netscape and that Oracle claimed to own the rights to Java, which is not the same thing.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Yep they inherited it from Sun. JavaScript the name.

JavaScript.tm

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

I like get triggered. This reminds me that I'm alive.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sun Microsystems rises from the ashes like a Phoenix

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think before this happens, a company would purchase Oracle, because all the tech they have. Oracle has a lot of enterprise and database stuff that I'm not familiar with. The only thing that counts to me is Java. So which companies has the money and knowledge and interest to buy Java rights?

I'm not sure if this would be a good idea, but I can see Google to buy Java. The Android system is based on Java and they need the stability of the rights to not get in conflict with Oracle or any other company again. Also this would give Java some better development I guess.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It will be bought by Google and Java will be sunsetted in 6 months.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 7 points 2 weeks ago

Java will be stewarded by Eclipse foundation.
Solaris will become stewarded by illumos.
Zfs by openzfs.

[–] IsaamoonKHGDT_6143@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oracle NoSQL Database is released under the CDDL or Apache license

Java being bought by JetBrains and ending up merging Java and Kotlin

The rest in the trash

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Jetbrains Java would be the best outcome. They're already heavily invested in Java and in the community.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Destroyed, never to be seen again.

Well maybe virtualbox could be spun out first.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hell

[–] beepbooprobot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The bin

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

For them to disappear with it

[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oracle owns Cerner which is the largest healthcare IT provider. I believe by a wide margin...?

[–] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm OOTL, what's the thing with Oracle?

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Load up their software on prison computers, force former employees to use it daily.

[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

For their databases:

Postgress
DuckDB