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Some have already started calling this SCOracle. So yes, be prepared for a long protracted legal battle. The upside might be the end to software patents. The do

by mbreese 16y ago

Some have already started calling this SCOracle. So yes, be prepared for a long protracted legal battle. The upside might be the end to software patents. The downside is years of legal maneuvering not to mention the death of Java.

moeffju 16y ago
I know a number of people who would not call the death of Java a downside.
- mcav 16y ago
  The death of the JVM would most definitely be a downside.
  - nkassis 16y ago
    Considering that if Oracle gets it's way, making a JVM type VM is going to be impossible without lawsuit. Those patents seem very broad.
sogrady 16y ago
As much as I would like to believe that this case could bring sufficient attention to the absurdity that is software patents that it would compel a remedy, I think it unlikely. Frankly, this is likely to be regarded as business-as-usual outside of technology circles, and as long as large technology providers are extracting substantial revenue from their intellectual property in this fashion we can't expect much change. Economics are, generally, the only real change agent.