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		myth_drannon on Sept 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Top Programming Languages 2023 Oracle owns Java which cancels any pros of that language.

xwowsersx on Sept 11, 2023 [–]

Oracle does not own the Java programming language itself. Java is an open-source language, and Oracle primarily maintains Java SE and Java EE platforms implementation. But, there are other implementations and open-source versions of Java, e.g. OpenJDK, which are not owned by Oracle.

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