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		mcv 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript Trademark Update Because Microsoft was trying to takeover and change Java, and Sun actually made Java. How is that in any way the same situation as this?

tgma 5 months ago [–]

Take over and change? They were adding functionality: embrace and extend. It wasn't like most reasonable people wouldn't agree it was lowercase "javascript".

Seems pretty similar to what's happening today.

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