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I'm sorry, but I just don't understand this decision. Is Oracle in need of cash or something? Why did they become patent trolls? I mean, they're not even in the
by donaq 16y ago
I'm sorry, but I just don't understand this decision. Is Oracle in need of cash or something? Why did they become patent trolls? I mean, they're not even in the smart phone business, and it's not like Google is going to put a DBMS into Android. How are they being threatened in any way by Google?
- wmf 16y agoOh, but they are in the phone business; every phone that includes Java pays license fees to Oracle... except Android phones aren't paying.
- zmmmmm 16y agoThis may be true but it would be amazingly bone headed of them. Android is the best thing to happen to Java in the last 5 years, and the perception (at least) that people using Java have less to worry about as far as patents go is one of the few things really giving it a strong advantage over .NET. This is a remarkably effective way of destroying several of Java's strengths all in one go....
- Calamitous 16y agoYou're assuming they a) care about Java, and b) care about what's good for the smartphone market. If you flip those assumptions, it's not boneheaded at all. Just very, very slimy...
- gamble 16y agoSun went out of business making decisions that made Java popular, but not lucrative. Oracle has a reputation as a place where people would climb over their own mothers to get a sale; they won't make the same mistake. Moreover, Android is a threat to Oracle's Java revenue, not an asset. Mobile JVM licenses were one of the few things Sun made money on with Java. Android is destroying that business. I'm pretty sure that Oracle would prefer a slice of a smaller pie to no share in a larger pie.
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- LoneCoder 16y agoMaybe there's a back room deal between oracle and someone else like Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, etc.