That Oracle chose to go "knocking on the front door with a sledgehammer" implies they want something fairly big. Could be patents, yes. Could be a yacht-load

That Oracle chose to go "knocking on the front door with a sledgehammer" implies they want something fairly big. Could be patents, yes. Could be a yacht-load of cash. Could also be software source code, or data center or fiber access, or search data, could be the search technologies and implementation, could be a partnering agreement. Or some combination of these. Google knows what they want. Or will soon. Whether additional information leaks out from either camp?