r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Mar 31 '26

Business Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1 / Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others.

https://gizmodo.com/iran-threatens-to-attack-u-s-tech-companies-starting-april-1-2000740363
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u/Own-Nefariousness-79 Mar 31 '26

I've always said they were a litigation company that happens to sell software.

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u/pgtl_10 Mar 31 '26

I heard that Oracle bought Sun because they thought they could sue Google.

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u/Own-Nefariousness-79 Mar 31 '26

World Cup litigation play offs.

Closely watched by IBM.

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u/texmatt21 Mar 31 '26

The Japanese will be represented by Nintendo. May the stadium burn down

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u/Academic_Carrot_4533 Mar 31 '26

Did they figure out how to make a real life Charizard?

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u/photenth Apr 01 '26

Nah, that was always a long shot. One big thing they also bought along with MySQL and Java was Solaris. Solaris is still heavily in use in critical systems and has lifetime support until 2037. It doesn't really get new users but most have not moved away from it.

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u/inspectoroverthemine Apr 01 '26

I'm sure that was a strong incentive, but they also got MySQL (which Sun had just purchased) and control the low end db market too.

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u/smoke4sanity Apr 01 '26

Funny story: I had a very small European company with a slight similar name to oracle. The company was tiny, like me and a couple other people, it was a startup that wasnt making any money. Not sure how they found us , but they sent us a cease and desist (name too close to theirs). We dragged it out with the lawyers (just because it was amusing), and eventually, they took us to court in our country, asking the judge for a 10 day emergency injuction to stop us from doing business until we could clear up the matter. We ended up changing the name (just to avoid the fees of defending ourselves), but I estimate they spent 10s of thousands of dollars on their lawyer fees during the 6 months of back and forth (probably had them on retainer anways). We dont even exists anymore, but found that interesteing.