Java Marketing Hype (1995 to 2024)

By Xah Lee. Date: 2025-01-14. Last updated: 2025-01-14.

2019-05-08

java the trap

Java, the open source farce. From a trap, to Richard Stallman embracement, to sold soul, to corp struggle.

Java, Sun Microsystems, the crimes of humanity. year 2002. Jargons of Software Industry

3 Billion Devices Run Java? Yes, but 10 billion devices run C.

2024-12-14

Java, is a programing language with the most egregious marketing hype verging on lies.

It began in 1995 by Sun Microsystems, and continued to today in year 2025, since Oracle bought it since 2010.

these are typical java site. full of pleasing ass kissing stock photos, and tons of marketing jargons, promotions, and legal jargons.
and one thousand incomprehensible jargons.
Oak, Java, JDK, JSDK, J2EE, J2SE enterprise edition or no, from java 1.x to 1.2 == Java 2 now 1.3, JavaOne, JFC, Jini, JavaBeans, entity Beans, Awk, Swing… faaking stupid Java and faak Sun Microsystems.

2024-12-14

Just installed java again.
Java, since the sun microsystem days, is the worst bloat, and marketing lies extreme.
Great that Sun Microsystem died.
But it got bought by another major skum the oracle.
The lang was lingering death, also saved by google twice, like python.
Once was y2k google adopted java as main lang.
Second time is 2008 when google adopted it for android phone.