Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIf Nintendo went belly up today the retro community would have a field daymessage-squaremessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1298arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1290arrow-down1message-squareIf Nintendo went belly up today the retro community would have a field dayPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square36linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareparpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 years agoIf Microsoft went belly up today, the retro community and linux community would have a field day.
minus-squarezbyte64@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoOracle or someone worse would buy them. That’s how capitalism works.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 years agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years ago99% of the world has no idea who that is.
minus-squareThorry84@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoWhat are you talking about? Java runs on millions of devices!
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoPff, millions? How about 3 billions!
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoMost people dont even know what an OS is, nevermind java. (Insert relevant xkcd here).
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoReally goes a long way to show how impactful their ceaseistance will be, eh?
minus-squareJesus_666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoThese days Microsoft are a major contributor to the Linux kernel, though. Sure, they’re trying to hold onto the desktop but on the server they’ve pretty much switched camps.
If Microsoft went belly up today, the retro community and linux community would have a field day.
Oracle or someone worse would buy them. That’s how capitalism works.
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99% of the world has no idea who that is.
What are you talking about? Java runs on millions of devices!
Pff, millions? How about 3 billions!
Most people dont even know what an OS is, nevermind java. (Insert relevant xkcd here).
Really goes a long way to show how impactful their ceaseistance will be, eh?
These days Microsoft are a major contributor to the Linux kernel, though. Sure, they’re trying to hold onto the desktop but on the server they’ve pretty much switched camps.