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Oracle loves open-source projects and technologies – it's just not crazy about other people running them. Now, Oracle has a growing reason to dislike the projects themselves and it's got everything to do with the two things Oracle values most: money and control. Oracle has said that customers are picking the former Sun …

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  1. Chad Larson
    FAIL

    Ok, which is it?

    "Oracle had moved to prevent the original GitHub migration by claiming it owned the Hudson name – which it doesn't."

    "That left Oracle owning just the Hudson name..."

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  2. Goat Jam
    WTF?

    Do they or don't they?

    Which is it?

    "Oracle had moved to prevent the original GitHub migration by claiming it owned the Hudson name – which it doesn't.

    [...]

    That left Oracle owning just the Hudson name "

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Ouch

    "Hudson users wanted to move, citing the unreliability of Oracle's servers".

    Don't mess with open-source people: they know how to hit a database company where it hurts most.

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  4. Pascal Monett Silver badge
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    Unreliability of Oracle servers ?

    Ouch.

    This whole story stinks of egomania and power grab. Not Oracle's finest hour.

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