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This. Google is in a very ugly place with Oracle right now. Being able to jump ship might save them, but I'm not sure if Kotlin avoids all the legal troubles he
by drzaiusapelord 11y ago
This. Google is in a very ugly place with Oracle right now. Being able to jump ship might save them, but I'm not sure if Kotlin avoids all the legal troubles here.
I do believe that Google will continue to lose as the history of the East Texas juries for IP is almost always gifting the patent/copyright holder. I wish our system had some kind of venue randomizer. Its clear that this district is a moneymaker for IP holders.
- pjmlp 11y agoGoogle could have avoided all of this if they hadn't try to screw Sun. So now we have J++ on Android.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Google could have avoided all of this if they hadn't try to screw Sun. Or, conversely, if they'd bought Sun instead of letting Oracle do so, stripped interesting IP (particularly, Java), and sold the rest back off (see, e.g., what they did with Motorola Mobility.)
- pjmlp 11y agoYes, that might have been a better solution. But given Dart and Go I am not sure if it would have been a good idea in what concerns language evolution.