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> real damage has been done to the health of the Java ecosystem by having billions of devices run fragmented Java-but-not-Java Even 100% running with that, dam
by oconnor663 9y ago
> real damage has been done to the health of the Java ecosystem by having billions of devices run fragmented Java-but-not-Java
Even 100% running with that, damaging an ecosystem isn't against the law. You could argue that Google damaged the Erlang ecosystem by not basing Android on Erlang. Ecosystems compete with each other all the time, and it's hard for one to grow without damaging another.
- BoorishBears 9y agoI didn’t say it’s against the law, or imply it. If anything I implied the opposite with the comment about the wrong mechanism. Actually my mistake, I assumed that you mean copyright, if you mean all laws in general, I feel there’s probably a way for Oracle to litigate, similar to how J++ went down