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It is beyond sad. Oracle bought Sun exclusively to sue Google for its use of Java in Android. (I know someone involved in the lawsuits.) We really need to fix o
by snarf21 9y ago
It is beyond sad. Oracle bought Sun exclusively to sue Google for its use of Java in Android. (I know someone involved in the lawsuits.) We really need to fix our patent system on the software side.
- dagw 9y agoWe really need to fix our patent system on the software side. While this might be true, it's worth noting that this is a copyright case and not a patent case.
- dmoy 9y agoOracle tried really hard to also make it a patent case, but aslup threw that stuff out.
- pjmlp 9y agoIf Google cared 1 second about Sun they would have bought it, after being a major contributor to its downfall.
- dec0dedab0de 9y agoOracle bought Sun exclusively to sue Google for its use of Java in Android. I think MySQL had something to do with it too. Even if just to capture the mindshare of all the developers using it at the time.
- youdontknowtho 9y agoYeah, at the time they were also talking about being like Apple and being a software and hardware company...so the Sun hardware was part of it too.