While it's pretty clear that Oracle acquired Sun in the hope of suing Google, it's also obvious to anyone who's been following the industry that Oracle has been

While it's pretty clear that Oracle acquired Sun in the hope of suing Google, it's also obvious to anyone who's been following the industry that Oracle has been doing an excellent job with Java. When Oracle acquired Sun, Java had been stagnating without seeing any major version for five years. In the four years following the acquisition, Oracle released two major versions of Java, including some very long awaited (and tricky to implement) features.