📣 Post by kubikpixel

30 years ago today "Netscape and Sun announce JavaScript" — Netscape Press Release (4. Dec. 1995)

🟨 web.archive.org/web/2007091614…

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Did you know the everyday word “JavaScript” is actually owned as a trademark by Oracle?

🟨 javascript.tm

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(Sun Microsystems, Inc. was acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010)

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#javascript #sun #oracle #netscape #js #webdev #web #coding #code

💬 Replies

🧵 …in addition to the above toot, the history of JavaScript and how it was cobbled together in a short time as well as named in marketing terms.

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»In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in […]

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