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This 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)
by zmmmmm 16y ago
This 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.