I immediately thought of Microsoft Visual J++ as well. I will add that the Android Runtime/Dalvik did not really add such extensions to the Java language, only

I immediately thought of Microsoft Visual J++ as well. I will add that the Android Runtime/Dalvik did not really add such extensions to the Java language, only an additional library, so it isn't quite the same embrace/extend/extinguish approach, but the change in opinion is curious, and perhaps more a sign of the times than anything else. I wonder if Microsoft's actions could have been ruled at the time as violating antitrust laws instead, if the copyright interpretation had fallen flat? Perhaps upcoming antitrust investigations into Google will look at their re-implementation of Java interfaces in the same light?