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vtail on Jan 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oracle discontinues Ruby/Rails support for NetBean...

Oracle is not a person to make such a decision; it is its shareholders who should decide how they want to spend their money. I wouldn't want to have a tax (as an Oracle investor or a private citizen) to support OSS. I may want to contribute my money and/or code as a donation, but that will be my own choice.

jrockway on Jan 27, 2011 [–]

I don't want to support Oracle's sailboat racing. So, I don't own any Oracle shares. Pretty simple, isn't it?

oziumjinx on Jan 28, 2011 | [–]

Larry Ellison pays for that out of pocket.

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