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		uluyol on May 2, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JEP proposed to target JDK 19: 425: Virtual Thread... Why would Oracle sell Java to Google? I'm pretty sure that a main attraction for them in buying it was the possibility of collecting $$$ from Google.

vips7L on May 2, 2022 [–]

I believe OP means that Google had the opportunity to buy Sun but didn't.

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