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It was slimy moves on Oracle's part through and through. It's like the only reason they chose to have acquired Sun Microsystems was so they could go and patent
by lawrenceyan 8y ago
It was slimy moves on Oracle's part through and through. It's like the only reason they chose to have acquired Sun Microsystems was so they could go and patent troll with it. Some seriously sad future that Oracle is heading towards if this is their definition of continuing innovation and growth.
- lallysingh 8y agoOracle also needed a hardware business. Not a great one, but one that had customers.
- lawrenceyan 8y agoI'd be cool with that story, if Oracle didn't go and sue Google like pretty much immediately after they finished acquiring Sun. They were 100% eyeing Android right from the start in my opinion.
- lallysingh 8y agoThe two motivations aren't mutually exclusive.
- dragandj 8y agoWell, Google had the opportunity to bid for Sun. The price was peanuts for Google. But they didn't pursue it, despite the risk. They brought this to temselves. And yes, Oracle behaves as a sleazy bag, but that was also common knowledge at the time...
- travisoneill1 8y agoThat's like saying that you could have gone to the gun store and bought the gun that I am pointing at your head before I did. It wasn't very expensive and you could easily afford it. You really brought this robbery on yourself.
- koolba 8y agoThat actually describes the situation pretty well.
- richardw 8y agoThe analogy works if there's only one gun and I was offered it in an auction. I turned it down despite knowing you're very keen on robberies and in my neighbourhood. And I heard you're keen on buying it. I kept the money and now you're using the gun to get the money I saved. If we had a second round, this time with a machine gun... What would you do? I'm still cross with Google. At the time it seemed like the natural home for Java.
- dragandj 8y agoExcept that Google is not a friendly grandma, but a global thug that has its own gun arsenal, including the knock-off copy of a gun that was offered at the auction with a hefty discount.
- j1vms 8y agoAlso, don't forget that Ellison was a former Apple board member, and probably not entirely unbiased on giving Google a rough time, and thus rallied behind Jobs when he vowed: "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this." [0] Of course, it was maybe just Ellison shrewdly leaping on a opportunity to profit off an undervalued ecosystem (Java) at the time. Going on almost a decade now, things certainly proved to be not so clear cut in Google favor, and might still pay off. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-15400984 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-15400984
- monocasa 8y agoSeriously him and Jobs literally would wear matching "best friend" t-shirts.
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- raymond_goo 8y agoI believe Ellison had to promise Jobs on his deathbed to continue to sue until Android is destroyed.
- scarface74 8y agoSo basically the same reason that Google originally bought Motorola.
- kodablah 8y agoWhere did Google use Motorola's patents offensively like a troll might? In the absence of an example, will you admit you are incorrect?