We could also rebrand it as Js and it would be the funniest thing ever. Few things would make me happier than seeing Oracle being screwed by something that's technically correct, but clearly nonsense to every living human being.
I saw someone recommend the JS rebrand years ago, so I just started using it. Everyone knows what I mean when I mention "JS", I never have to explain.
The only reason it hasn’t had a name change is oracle hasn’t tried to protect the name. There needs to be a campaign to change the name.
Yes this seems to have become the best practice with all the JS Conf events and the logo showing JS.
But frankly Oracle has always been a jerk and had miopic vision in things like this. I'm happy if someone also fights them on being a mindless jerk.
They sued Google over Android using Java which was literally the best thing ever for Java. Java got learned by a whole new generation of developers (myself among those). Google at the time was also publishing the GWT Google Web Toolkit.
Oracle would rather own a tombstone with written Java and JavaScript on it rather than set them free and find some other indirect ways to monetize.
"If you love something, set them free" doesn't apply to Oracle, whose policies seem to show they have little love for development and software itself.