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		ChemicalWarfare on Sept 4, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's the worst Oracle can do to OpenJDK? right on. they pretty much "own" the word. they went as far as suing starbucks for using "java ..." for one of their ice cream flavors. at least they are not suing Indonesia. not yet anyway :)

danarmak on Sept 4, 2017 [–]

> they went as far as suing starbucks for using "java ..." for one of their ice cream flavors.

To clarify for other thread participants: that was an April 1st joke by InfoWorld. Oracle didn't really sue Starbucks.

https://www.infoworld.com/article/2623819/misadventures/orac...

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